In a Hammock (In Honor of Finals)

In a hammock On the eve of final exams There is a scent of caffeine coursed bodies pacing the distances of Starbucks and the library, an unusual sight at eleven at night There is peace In the fraternity- I think begins with a Sigma- running around playing a vicious thirty person game of tag Yeah, I witnessed that wipeout and it was hilarious There is heat condensed around the height of brains Struggling to realize dreams that require Busy work man! It's just like six hours of nonstop busy work The guy on the bench behind me whined out cooling breath of brown leaves There is energy in the fractal jungle above The towering umbrellas of Palm trees which grant me the magic of hovering I see through waving leaves Orion's Belt. The light pollution overpowers his body but he reminds me that there is more in the astral world Ibis scour the ground Some would read the tea leaves that bravest of birds has crossed my path And I will survive the tests that I allow to define possibilities in life There is closure to my left Two girls in a hammock, bodies combined like a turtle in a shell Only they know what goes on inside, and all I witness is the harmony that the trials that students go through that unites

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