if I could write this paper right
I could've been done by now
if I could think coherent thoughts
I'm sure I'd figure out how
if I could focus on this essay
I think that I would try
if I knew what I could say
the time would just fly by

but alas I sit, stuck at my desk
in the hopes for something to say
I see the clock, let out a sigh
and put it off until the next day.