Where to now the speaker suggests,
wondering how to run away,
or perhaps the willingness to stay
is stronger than any of their behests.
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We live lives mapped on calendars
those we glance to progress
trying to maximize less
all in the nature of being their mentors.
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How quickly we notice the summer sky
begin to play with our security
dabbling closer to reality
while we plan our classes screaming ‘why!’
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Oh, to live in the eternal month of May,
to know the end is certainly near
to listen, the wisps of fresh air we hear,
already in my august, I do miss today.
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Yet extraordinary days lay just ahead,
the minds of our younger learners,
they count on our being yearners,
in simple success – even something read
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The academic calendar has called to say hello
‘we wish in future months to own your soul!’
