write a paper
do your chem
that's what your assignment notebook
dictates
but the truth is
you can do your chem
or write your papers
or neither
who am i to take orders
from a book?
a book in which i write the orders
it could just as easily say
photograph nature
make an origami
smile or laugh
and live
but alas
i sit in my room
away from nature
printing my words onto paper without creases
not having any reason to smile or laugh by doing so
not living
but dead
day in.
day out.
turn in.
turn out.
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I like this piece. It opens the way for one of the greatest debates: is the life of the academic really life? Big and scary question for college students. By the way, make sure you take Dr. Goldsmith's Creative Perspectives class next semester: I think you'll find what you're looking for! :)
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