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Off to Antarctica

May 8, 2018
By avavascon01 BRONZE, Eugene, Oregon
avavascon01 BRONZE, Eugene, Oregon
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What is it about early morning bus rides
15 minutes to be no one.
15 minutes to sit and listen to the sighs
Of the creaky bus as it runs.

I get up at 6:15 like everyone else,
I hate daily life like everyone else.

Sometimes I want to move to Antarctica
Just sit there in the ice.
Sometimes I want to move to Antarctica,
Yeah, I think that’d be nice.

What is it about that one class
Just sitting and contemplating death.
Just waiting for eternal minutes to pass,
Count the seconds, count the breaths.

I do the homework like everyone else,
I don’t really try like everyone else.

Sometimes I want to move to Antarctica
Just sit there in the ice.
Sometimes I want to move to Antarctica,
Yeah, I think that’d be nice.

What is it about the daily grind
Makes me wanna screech
Makes me want to lose my mind
Now what’s this lesson you’ve gotta preach?

I drag my feet like everyone else
Walk down the street like everyone else.

Sometimes I want to move to Antarctica
Just sit there in the ice.
Sometimes I want to move to Antarctica,
Yeah, I think that’d be nice.


The author's comments:

I wrote this at 2AM for a school assignment deep in my angsty teen hatred of everything.


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