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A Student, a Citizen, a Man


A car, cannot buy itself

An application, cannot write itself

A scholarship, cannot apply itself

A future, cannot realize itself

 

A student, passing through school

A citizen, passing through work

A man, passing through life

A man, passing through time 

 

A son, moving out

A brother, shaking hands

A grandson, waving again 

A father, guiding thy hand 

 

A pencil, here in my fingers

A paper, laying at my arm

A desk, holding my things

And a classroom, there forever 

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I am a film/video major at Penn State Main Campus.

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