| For just twenty seconds when I first open my eyes. When I am getting out of bed. Wondering why I am up at nine a.m. Adrenaline rushes through me. Because I am once again this month, late for school. Those first twenty seconds when I wake up, I am oblivious to reality Because in those first twenty seconds 244,778 people aren’t dead And 3.42 million aren’t wondering if they’re going to live While 300 million students are still attending classes And 26 million Americans aren’t out of a job In those first twenty seconds, nothing is wrong It’s just another Tuesday And I am just late for class |
