Ye Ode Finals Week, Thou Art Mine Enemy And Mine Bane

“Ode to Finals Week”

This full week of final tests
Has everyone feeling stressed
With thy headaches of woe
Cramming all the things we “know”
With ye scantron sheet and study notes
Tears proving that “hope floats”

Curse ye all wasted days
Finding that studying pays
For thou essay haunth mine sleep
And thou grades causeth me to weep
Mayhap there be some relief
In the break called four weeks of sleep

Yet thy righteous cramming sessions
Do not make up for all the wasted lessons
We fear thy No. 2 pencil demons
Though it does not stand to reason
That we should, in these days be crying
Wondering if it is worth trying

Hark! and fear not
Study with all thou got
Though thy face thine professors testful wrath
Thy hard work and coffee will see ye passed
‘Tis not for naught thou now ventures forth
Thy will test to prove thy worth

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