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Five Feet Until Tomorrow

by Matt Forget

Wake up and look around


Take your time to realize


Everything you see at first


Is only a figment


Quckly to disappear


 


Rub you eyes opened wide


Realize where you are


Five feet off the ground


Decisions to get out of bed


Failing miserably as I lay back down


 


Twenty minutes woken up


Voices in my head


"Get out of bed!"


Falling five feet to pain


Cursing as I fall.


 


Grab my clothes and go wash


Try to clean the sleepiness away


Whiten the teeth


Smell artificially fresh


For my long day ahead


 


Make it to class seconds to spare


Find a seat to sit in


Eventually the second best place than bed


Learning the same old stuff on a different day


Dreaming of a nap on the beach


 


Time for lunch


As I squabble out of class


Making my way to energy


Fulfilling my lost supply


After falling out of bed


 


Back to class I go


For another exciting lecture


Only to be surprised


I didn't get enough sleep


Conking out once more


 


My classes finally over


I go back to my room


Throw my stuff down


Pick up the phone, call my friends


"Let's go out! Have some fun!"


 


Twelve midnight comes around


Gone home to bed


Sleep again


Until the morning


For the next five foot fall.

09/23/2002

Author's Note: A typical college day for me! :)

Posted on 09/23/2002
Copyright © 2024 Matt Forget

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Amanda J Cobb on 11/10/02 at 06:37 AM

Typical college day for lots of us! Mine's not a 5-foot fall (I have the un-lofted bed), but it might as well be when I have 8:00 classes. I enjoyed this poem very much, well done. :)

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