Midnight Bedtime.

I find that in college it has become

increasingly hard

to get a decent amount of sleep

when the obscure art history and

Dada readings pile up

my poor roommate usually falls asleep in chemistry class

every Monday, Wednesday and Friday

and has to drink caffeinated tea to stay awake

which makes her act worse than drunk

mint tea is like vodka for this girl

as she plows through her English readings

even though at one point in my life

I had to wake up in the early morning darkness

for zero period gym class that was at 7:30 am

(that was the bane of my existence)

who wants to do yoga that early in the morning?!

yes, downward dogs, baby cobras when the toothpaste taste

was still fresh on my tongue

and my eyes had not fully become accustomed to the light

it seems like we all find it difficult to wake up for our 9am classes

I guess its just harder to have to leave your room

and probably wander to the cold bathroom

to just sit in someone else's pee (yucks)

in the city I would have to actually commute

and sleepily take the subway instead of walking for 5 minutes to class

maybe the proximity of everything is not a luxury after all

alls I know is that a midnight bedtime is a blessing

even when some people are playing

aggressive house music

till the wee hours of the morning

and screaming on the quad

me and my roommate are old ladies

and like to catch our zzzs

a midnight bedtime is optimistic,

but what can I say, I'm a dreamer.