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On Commencement

Once a year, a million kids

Quit going to a school

And they rent ugly hats and dresses

Because that’s just the rule.

Everybody’s name is read

And then the hats are thrown

And a million kids proceed to then

Forget what they had known.

Then a half a million kids

Go to school that costs a lot

Where they try to sleep with other kids

And, if they’re me, do not.

The other half get jobs at places

Where food is microwaved

Or join the “Guns and Tanks” patrol

And thus the world is saved.

This graduation from a child

To learned adult is great.

And now I must excuse myself;

For bed, I’m somewhat late.

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The B.A. Blues

My eyes water,
My arms sweat,
When I see
My Bernadette.

My tongue goes numb,
And I can’t feel my face
When I see
My lovely Grace.

My feet itch,
My buttocks yawn
When I see
My darling Dawn.

I think that college
Did this to me,
‘Cause I’m a bachelor
In the first degree.

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In Anticipation of Graduation

Treatises, essays,
And the plural of syllabus.
These are things
I am not gonna miss,

But to be totally honest
I’ll miss walking to classes
Behind those yoga pants girls
With their beautiful… chassis.

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