Summer Happiness

 

With the ring of a bell

teachers and homework and the stress of school

will disappear from my thoughts,

and won't return for another three months.

 

As I frolic with friends through the mall

in slippers and spaghetti straps, texting whomever I please

with no worry of laboring in the cafeteria,

I will scream and shriek with my friends

and there will be no one to shush us.

Or maybe I will lounge on the couch

watching frivolous TV shows,

letting my brain rot away slowly.

I will eat my favorite foods,

not stuck with just the same bland snack bar items,

but savory pastas and soups and other delectable treats.

I will stay up until the sun shines,

eating sugary snacks and dancing to loud music to keep me awake.

Friend's houses will become second homes to me, as most my time will be spent there.

And on the twenty-first of June, I will be showered with gifts of

the latest fashions or technology.

I will bask in the sun of my summer happiness.

 

But for now I must wait,

as I make my brain labor and ears bleed from boring lectures.

As I'm forced to go to bed by ten p.m.

and shiver in the cold under dress code approved fleece jackets

and dealing with the drama of nasty rumors and gossip.

 

So my advice to you is

to not let your summer go to waste

as it lasts for only a moment.

Have fun while you can

before you go back to

boring lectures, rules, bedtimes and obnoxiously mean people.

Take time to bask in the summer sun

and summer happiness.

 

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Thanks to Narrow on Flickr for the picture! http://www.flickr.com/photos/narro/148287274/