The Pencil Before a Test

A train leaves Leeds at half past three. Another leaves York at four. Question six would like to know

A says always. B says never. C says sometimes.

Question ten still waits with four empty lines. I have written however

At eight o'clock my worksheet says Explain the water cycle. At eight-oh-five my brain becomes

Necessary has one collar, two sleeves, and socks I always lose.

Tomorrow the alarm returns, the lunchbox, the clean shoes, the careful name inside the coat.