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Can't Resist
Math homework
Science homework
Social studies homework
2 hours
Easy.
I opened my notebook
Ping!
My phone.
Flipped to the right page
Ping!
My phone.
Pulled out my pencil
Ping!
Ping!
Ping!
Fine.
5 texts
“Okay just 5 minutes”
5 minutes
Okay maybe 10 more minutes
10 minutes
5 minutes
1 hour.
No progress
None.
Ping!
Wrote the title
Ping!
Wrote the first equations
Paching!
Instagram.
“Okay just 5 minutes”
5 minutes. Just five minutes.
Okay maybe 10 more minutes
10 minutes
5 minutes
“It’s fine, I was on instagram for 15 minutes”
Nope.
2 hours.
And zero, absolutely zero progress.
Cool
The poem is easy to read and most parts.
Good use of white space and bolding
Warm
In reality it was forever it doesn’t roll of the tongue very well.
And the 10 5 min looks misplaced maybe because the extra page i don’t know

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