8.12.11

photo | so wake up, wake up and do it. whatever it is, whatever it is.
 first official all-nighter of winter finals week 2011.
um . . . yay?

wrote a seventeen-page research paper for yesterday
and need another fifteen for tomorrow (today).
the library's open til two.
A.M.
and we talk about how that's possibly inhumane,
how it only perpetuates procrastination,
somehow sanctions insufficient sleep patterns
advocates inordinate amounts of caffeine
encourages unhealthy eating
(not to mention)
catchpenny compositions we turn in minutes before deadline
shipwrecked, sunk, incurious.

anything but
allowing us to finish at our best.

still. my sister says
you know what? at the end of this, we'll still be alive.
and my mum quotes Brandon Flowers
because she's kool lyk dat.

. . . . . . . . .

TELL the DEVIL THAT HE CAN GO BACK from WHERE HE CAME
HIS FIERY ARROWS DREW THEIR BEAD in VAIN
and WHEN THE HARDEST PART is OVER, WE'LL BE HERE
AND OUR DREAMS WILL BREAK the BOUNDARIES of OUR FEAR

crossfire | FLAMINGO


4 comments:

M Shepherd said...

One of the planks of the winning student body presidency here was to keep the library open 24 hours during finals week. It was already open until 2. So... I guess that's something people are taking advantage of now?

Says the guy who wakes up at three to write papers.

Sum said...

I know the feeling. Let us all make it through the next week. Love the picture! You are amazing with everything related to design.

Emily said...

Good luck! You can do it! And a break is so close...

Unknown said...

trop sage!!