CAMPUS LIFE

The difficult part is over
Go out to the world and above others hover
For rainy days you have knowledge as a cover

Where you go your like await
They are brainy people with no time to waste
Talented, busy, organised and never late
The cream of the crop of a republic is behind that gate
Their logic carries weight
They plan and never leave destiny to fate

Go well my son and make us proud
Speak intelligently, be economical with words and don’t be loud
Stand out and never follow the crowd
Be one of them in intelligence and always remember the success you vowed
Go with my blessings and be a role model for the others we mould

You must forgive my high school class teacher for her modest expectation
Every body out there expects a little more of the same situation
I met my teacher recently to tell her, her dream had suffered an abortion

The guys dispose dirty water in the dustbin and waste food in the sink
The girl I used to like lives for the drink
Her roommate’s grades come as easy as a wink
Classwork is not worth the ink,
My political friend says without a blink

I have a girlfriend who loves sex in a Westlands’ parking bay
Friends that irresponsibly make babies day after day
I spent all my HELB on a classmate stripper last May
Some people say this is decay
But the important thing is that we are happy although we lost our way

I no longer know what I want to do when I graduate
Tomorrow will take care of itself, let’s look at the immediate.
My teacher wrinkled her face in distaste
She tells me to look at the future because some day the fun must abate
I gave her another look and I thought ‘Old age does frustrate’
These are the people from whom I must dissociate
It was 2 pm so I held out my hand and cut short the update
I had a season to watch that would take me up to eight