It burns through the class
striving, consuming
pushing- always pushing
To study harder, to achieve more
earn that grade, memorize those symptoms
perfect that technique
All around you feel it linger
in the library, in the lecture hall,
even in the lounge
Unquenchalble, unabatable, unalterable
But what happens if the fever goes out?
5 comments:
I may have misspelled some things- I couldn't find spell check. Sorry
I like this poem! Captures the feeling that I think all of us have. I especially like the second to last line of unquenchable, unabatable, unalterable + but what happens if the fever goes out. It keeps me thinking after I've finished reading it
Complacency?
I like this poem too. So relevant!!! It does feel like a fever sometimes.
I like this concept, Emily, of a "group" fever, like a plague or epidemic. Powerful, intense...I hope we never learn what happens if the fever goes out!
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