16.12.04

the slacker's soliloquy.

to slack, or not to slack, that is the question;
whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the zeros and low marks of outrageous assignments,
or to take pens against a sea of compositions,
and by opposng, finish them.

to work; to accomplish,
no more, and by accomplishment to say we end
the workload, and the thousand essays
that students are heirs to, 'tis a dream
devoutly. to be wish'd.

to work,to accomplish; ay there's the rub;
for in that accomplishment of work what mark may come,
when we have submitted this completed piece,
must give us pause; there's the respect
that makes calamity of so long a school career.

a touch of jollification ;