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I'll Try to Get to it Tomorrow
1. A cancerous tumor
 
 2. Within my lung
 
 3. I knew I would die
 
 4. So very young
 
 
 
 
 5. There is a list I started to write
 
 6. So my life would not be a lie
 
 7. There are many things I want to do 
 
 8. Right before I die
 
 
 
 
 9. Number 1 involved doing something
 
 10. That I cannot reply
 
 11. I want to have kissed someone 
 
 12. Right before I die
 
 
 
 
 13. Zoey, my best friend, 
 
 14. Will help cross off the list
 
 15. It didn't matter how bad it got
 
 16. We were bonded by the wrist.
 
 
 
 
 17. Number 3 is a bit disturbing
 
 18. That I want to get a little high
 
 19. One day I'll do some drugs
 
 20. Right before I die.
 
 
 
 
 21. Adam, the neighbor, with his curly brown hair
 
 22. Had a mother that was sad
 
 23. It was her husband that had an accident
 
 24. And he was hurt just a tad.
 
 
 
 
 25. Number 4 is pretty simple
 
 26. Just something easy to try
 
 27. Adam to bring me on his motorcycle 
 
 28. Right before I die.
 
 
 
 
 29. The list drove dad crazy
 
 30. And Cal I might have scared 
 
 31. There might be people who thought I was silly
 
 32. But I never would have cared
 
 
 
 
 33. Number 5 is kind of stupid
 
 34. So stupid I want to deny
 
 35. I want to steal some stuff
 
 36. Right before I die
 
 
 
 
 37. It is Adam who will catch me in the moment
 
 38. Another reason I'll want to live
 
 39. I'll fall so hard for that boy
 
 40. But love is all I can give
 
 
 
 
 41. Number 6 I'll take Zoey for a drive
 
 42. For many hours to the sea-side
 
 43. I want to visit my old vacation home
 
 44. Right before I die
 
 
 
 
 45. Something will be wrong with Zoey
 
 46. I wont know, but maybe-
 
 47. In her stomach sitting there
 
 48. A beautiful, microscopic baby imagery
 
 
 
 
 49. Number 7 I need to be known for something 
 
 50. It's not something I can buy
 
 51. Fame is what I want to have
 
 52. Right before I die
 
 
 
 
 53. Going on the radio doesn't really count
 
 54. If I will have fame
 
 55. Maybe Adam will post pictures of me
 
 56. And everywhere write my name
 
 
 
 
 57. Number 8 I'll have to make a change 
 
 58. And resolve a family tie
 
 59. One day Mom and Dad will be back together
 
 60. Right before I die
 
 
 
 
 61. Almost half the time I'll complete a task
 
 62. I'll end up in this room
 
 63. The one that smells of bleach, pain, and blood
 
 64. With a little hint of doom
 
 
 
 
 65. Number 9 is to fall in love
 
 66. I wont even have to try
 
 67. Adam will have completed this task
 
 68. Right before I die
 
 
 
 
 69. Revisions, mistakes, I'll add a few more
 
 70. Of my growing list
 
 71. If my life becomes a cloudy hole
 
 72. There is nothing I want to miss
 
 
 
 
 73. There are some things I want to do
 
 74. Grow-up, drive and fly
 
 75. Those are some things I'll never do
 
 76. 'Cause I know I'm about to die
 
 
 
 
 77. I'll never see Cal grow up
 
 78. Zoey's baby I'll never carry
 
 79. Dad's hair will never get gray
 
 80. And Adam I'll never marry
 
 
 
 
 81. Instructions for my family
 
 82. Instructions for a friend
 
 83. There is a set of letters to deliver
 
 84. When I reach my end
 
 
 
 
 85. A cancerous tumor 
 
 86. Within my lung
 
 87. Why, oh, why?
 
 88. Do I have to die young?

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