Good God! I Never Dreamed You'd Graduate

May 5, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. Since many colleges and universities have their graduation ceremonies in early May, the theme for this week is College Graduation.

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A graduation poem from someone who didn’t graduate to someone who did.

Good God! I never dreamed you’d graduate!

Remember when we both flunked chemistry,

And got by math and bio with a D,

Drunk the night we planned to study late?

Unless I’ve got it wrong, you then dropped out,

And took off a semester -- or was it two? --

To work full time. I lost sight of you,

Intending to call, but too screwed up, no doubt.

Our competence is wholly in our care.

Now I’m still here, and you? Well, you’re up there!

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: College Graduation

4/29: These Past Few Years Have Not Been Easy for Me

4/30: The Years of Getting Ready Are Now Over

5/1: The Pride I Feel Is Nothing like the Pride

5/2: The Parents of a Graduate

5/3: Thank You for Being Where All These Years Went

5/4: Make Your Mark upon the World

5/5: Good God! I Never Dreamed You’d Graduate