QUIRK OF FATE

By:THERESA ELEANOR PAANO

STUDIED MY NOTES ALL NIGHT, ALL DAY

TILL I COULDN’T SUPRESS THE YAWN

I WAS ABOUT TO HIT THE HAY

BUT NOTICED ‘TWAS ALREADY DAWN

AND THEN THE ALARM TONE WENT ON

BUT IT SEEMS IT’S STILL SO EARLY

THOUGHT OF HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON

THEN I SAW ‘TWAS SEVEN THIRTY

RUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE SIXTH FLOOR

BREATHLESS, DEAD BEAT, GASPING FOR AIR

GRABBED THE KNOB TO OPEN THE DOOR

AND SAW MY TEACHER’S NOT YET THERE

CONFIDENT THAT I’LL FLUNK THE TEST

BECAUSE ALL I DID WAS STUDY

AND FOR A NIGHT OF THREE HOURS REST

I JUST ENDED UP WITH A “D”

WENT HOME FEELING SAD, DISHEARTENED

HOPING THAT THINGS WILL BE OKAY

I WISH THIS QUIRK OF FATE WILL END

LATER OR MAYBE THE NEXT DAY

MY ALARM WOKE ME UP AGAIN

BUT I’M SORT OF EARLY TODAY

I WAS ALL SET TO GO, AND THEN,

I REALIZED IT WAS A SUNDAY.