6 AM - roll out of bed

Feels like 10 bricks fell on my head

How am I supposed to row today?

I ask myself this question every day

4 hours of sleep, kind of absurd

Make it through English but sleep all through third

Get to the benches, after the bell

There I see Sarah, tired as well

Hop in the lyft with Babatundas

Spill my water like a cartoon does

Ready for practice, arrive at MAC

See everyone carrying boats on their back

10 minutes late, run to the locker room

Better hurry before Allie puts me in a tomb

Carry the boat out of the rack

Boat hits the water with a thwack

Push out our oars, count down from bow

Only 20 minutes has passed, don’t know how

Shove off the dock, begin the warm-up

After the finish, we all swarm up

We reach the catch, simultaneously

Allie looks from the launch, smiling amiably

A successful practice, it’s time to go

But homework is so hard after you row

Sit on my bed, open the Chromebook

So much work, I can’t even look

I start to drift off, slump in my bed

6 AM - roll out of bed