I keep having this dream
In it I can’t finish a thing
I’m always late with my next assignment
And to this English class I’m constantly absent

There’s this building pressure
To come up with some great answer
But my failure to attend this class
acts as some kind of impasse

Now, here’s the weird thing
I’m not in college or busy “educating”
Yet this dream of due dates missed galore
Wakes me up monthly with a mental bedsore

In it I am chasing the American dream
Fighting for good grades and college, it would seem
But a realization hits in the middle of it –
it’s too late to catch up so I might as well quit

I awoke this morning in a bit of panic
Until I remembered that I’ve conquered all that
I crawled out of bed and laughed it away
Focusing on what not to forget this new day