Day Before the First Day of the Semester
Beginnings.
The day before the first day of the semester,
All is possibility.
There are no late assignments,
No one has failed a test,
Or made an excuse for missing class.
Your relationship with each and every student
Is solid.
All there is, is the role play, of student vs. professor.
The goal for today is to copy the syllabus,
The contract of promises to be kept.
There are no questions as to when the assignment is due,
Whether or not you provide a review,
Or take papers via e-mail.
You have a list with names on it,
Everyone’s grade is equally resplendent.
Their main concern for tomorrow
Is to find the right room,
And to take a seat — next to someone they know.
15 weeks of struggle and promise lie pristine before them,
No one knows how to tell their story,
Or how it will come to an end,
Today is all possibility,
Lift your pencil, now, begin!
Doctor Grandma 
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