Middle Tooth

Today I was watching Vanilla Sky

And I saw something I'd noticed before

I don't know quite how and I don't know why

but I will notice it forevermore

This movie, like many, does star Tom Cruise

as a vain, conceited man, full of youth.

From me the movie gets no bad reviews,

But my gaze was caught by his middle tooth!

I've included a photo down below,

but beware, this vision can't be unseen.

If you draw a line right down from his nose

you'll see a tooth is directly beneath.

I may be no student of dentistry

but something is wrong from what I can see

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Today I took my second Praxis II
but I'm not so sure how it really went
By now there is nothing that I can do
for all of my time is already spent

At the end of the other test I took
on the screen I got my scores right away
so after this test I did take a look
and saw I would not get my scores today

Alas! Fifteen business days I must wait
To learn whether or not I succeeded
Last time this anxiety was not great
but then only a short wait was needed

Am I nervous from not doing so well?
Or from the long wait? Only time will tell...

Spare Change

Today I drove up to the Kangaroo
I had a RedBox movie to return
I felt I could do with a cold drink too,
but I didn't have much money to burn.

I found a few quarters inside my car
not much, but enough to buy a slushee.
So I took my spare change to the snack bar
and prayed the clerks wouldn't be mad at me.

I hid my coins as I stood in the line
then I looked ahead and was shocked to see
a man doing a wrong much worse than mine
he paid for his gas with only pennies!

"I've just got quarters" I said to the clerk
he sighed with relief at this easy work

Vacation's End

Alas I am home from the beach today
I'm glad to be home but am also sad
I miss the ocean breeze and the sea spray,
but I'm glad to be back in my own bed.

What I miss the most is my family
it is rare that we are all together
and it was so great that we could all be
relax and enjoy all the great weather

But real life must always begin again
and the awkward tan lines must fade away
vacation means nothing without an end
and mine had to come to an end today

To vacation I bid farewell for now
but we will meet again someday, somehow

Sunburn

As I went to the beach, I sprayed with care
covering my exposed skin with sunscreen.
Of the blazing sun I was quite aware
and wanted no red, but a golden sheen

I was so determined I would not burn
and I reapplied my sunscreen often.
To my other side I made sure to turn
so that any tan line would be softened.

I returned home after my careful day
and I thought that I would be in the clear
but soon I saw spots I'd missed with the spray
splotches were everywhere far and near

As I prepare from the beach to return
I think I'd prefer an all-over burn

Unapologetically Late

I went for a walk at night on the beach
my family and I went to chase crabs
The crabs ran so quickly out of our reach
our hands came away empty with each grab

So we ran around on the beach and we laughed
chasing like mad ev'ry crab that we passed
but soon I looked at my watch and I gasped
to see that 2 hours had passed so fast

'Twas past midnight, but I was having fun
While I may regret the fact I was late
I don't regret the day spent in the sun
and I accept this lateness as my fate

While on vacation, I'll do my best
but can't promise more deadlines won't be missed

Fork

I wonder if it would be too much work
to rhyme each line of this sonnet with fork
as I reminisce on Mindy and Mork
I start to feel like a bit of a dork

Of course all babies come from the stork
and those who keep kosher do not eat pork
If you don't want to be killed by an orc
you should pack up and move to old New York

The Swedish Chef Muppet sometimes says "Bork"
I've got nice wine that it's time to uncork
The star of "The Wrestler" was Mickey Rourke
To bale some hay you will need a pitchfork.

That's all I can think of to rhyme with fork
please just don't ask me to do it with spork.

QWERTY

I have to learn to type QWERTY again
for I now type with a Dvorak keyboard
The process has proved to be quite a pain
and I find myself to be rather bored.

I have a computer based test to take
and I will need to type out some essays
typing isn't something that I can fake
and I can't change the key layout that day

So for now my typing is very slow
as I'm trying to relearn these letters
I've got only 'til Friday, and I know
by then my typing NEEDS to get better!

While typing this sonnet may be a chore
it is good practice of which I need more!

Brief Summer

At last! I've submitted my last paper!
Now summer school is officially done!
My brain's almost turned to water vapor
from the mixture of pressure, heat, and sun.

In eleven days I'm in school again
and in seven I take another test
I will do my best to rest until then
for I find I'm already far too stressed.

I'll go to the beach with my family
but I can only stay for a few days
then it's back to life of anxiety
oh how I wish it would just stay away.

I'm glad that this is the path that I chose
but for this brief summer it kinda blows...

August

It's hard to believe that August is here;
the year is 7/12ths of the way done.
Graduation day draws slowly nearer
I can't help but feel I've already won

While much of my journey still lies ahead
I just can't ignore how far I have come
and where so far this great journey has led
and think about what I will soon become

I swear January was yesterday
this year was new and had just begun
I blinked my eyes and the year ran away
and now it's almost time for a new one

But still five months of this year do remain
and I know that they will fly by again