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Gut Punch

Ode to First Year

By Niall MaddenPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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Move out away from home, to cupboard room

Gut punch

Got no friends, no introduction, nobody

Gut punch

lectures that barrel forward regardless if you got it

Gut punch

Taking stacks of books that ache your back and short out your m ind

Gut punch

Having due date's arrive all at the same time, while you know your behind

Gut punch

Drinking so much you feel the cider crawl back like you've been hit by a

Gut punch

Watching yourself unwind as the stress piles high before it all falls down

Gut punch

Pulling all-nighters, running out of lighters, falling out of grace, fighting

Gut punch

Going home, being alone, stuck behind four walls and a phone, no excitement. Gut punch.

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