Ode to College.

Restless nights.

Crumpled papers.

Half-smoked cigarettes.

Snapped pencils.

Broken pens.

Dilapidated note books.

Three cups of coffee.

Red eyes.

Eighteen percent battery life.

Computer screens.

Desk lamps.

Dark rooms.

Ten percent battery life.

Frank Sinatra’s greatest hits.

Four water bottles.

Two cliff bars.

Early mornings.

Peaceful showers.

Twenty minute drives.

No parking spaces.

Three hour lectures.

Two cups of coffee.

One paper due.

One bad addiction.

Two mental breakdowns.

Three papers due.

One college student…

© – P.M. 9-29-15