by Ralph Edmonds

Created on: December 16, 2008

Energy drink and chili fries to the left
study guides and books to the right
It's 8:00 Central Standard Time
It's cram session tonight

Praying that I would pass tomorrow's test
Sitting at the dinner table and striving to be the best
From 8 to 12pm there is no time for rest
A five hour journey therefore more time to flex

I receive more messages from friends
Whether voice or text

I would have shut my cell down
But the battery has little energy left

I put on my status: I am studying right now
since I update on Myspace and Facebook
This is before I started studying but was wondering
What would become my outlook

There's no room for doubt or no time to rethink
I just read my books and write my notes in ink
Black or blue but never in pink
Who ever invented energy drinks made me think

Soaking all this knowledge is a power to wield
This is a must for my field of study
I read and review and write and cite
Until my brain turned into putty

I stayed up and looked at the clock
And it says 20 minutes to 1
I put up my notes and all of my books
And said that I was done

I made a quick breakfast and it was around 9
And it was the start of class
I was ready for finals but I didn't have a pencil
But I use a charcoal pencil instead

From a long day of tests and a long day it was
I am glad I've studied hard
A marathon it was it felt like the Olympics
Running from yard to yard

I was tired and I was weary
The finals were over
I do see the finish line
And I fell asleep on the checkered sofa

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