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So today I got my admission card for my A Levels, which will take place next month. We had a sort of farewell party, as this would be the only day of the remainder of the school year in which ALL the students come to school. I wrote this poem yesterday when I was supposed to write little thank you poems for the teachers, and I didn't have any words to describe how grateful I am. Instead, I ended up writing a poem about how this entire thing - of experiencing the final days of school life - felt unreal to me. One thing I know for sure is that I will probably go through a serious identity crisis once I'm done with the exams. 
 

 

I am supposed to be writing Poems for thank you cards, And memory jars, And collecting money For presents and food Before the party starts. But I find myself hesitant, Scribbling nonsense, peppering edges Of the sheet with tiny stars. Yet starting tomorrow It would seem more real And maybe dim this denying trance.

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