Congratulations!

You graduate today!

You're out of the big house!

Time to get far away!

You have your phone in your pocket.

You have clothes in your pack.

You got everything you need

Including the snacks.

Cause now it’s summer, and there’s cool places to see.

There’s only one thing left to have: money.

However, you’re broke. There’s no doubt about it.

And it’s a shock that you’re not willing to admit.

“But I saved up!” you say, as your only excuse,

Only to realize you spent it on shoes.

The world’s a great big place out there,

You just can’t afford airfare.

So here you are, stuck

Not much cash in your wallet.

The only thing you can afford

Are whatchamacallits.

You think to yourself

“What can I do?”

To go travel and explore

With only one person: you.

So you go on social media

To see what you’re friends can do.

Since they saved up

And didn’t invite you.

OH!

THE PLACES YOU WISH YOU WENT!

You see them take off!

On giant airplanes!

Or by boat, by car

And even on trains.

They go to the major cities ahead.

Seeing their social media stories make you wish you were dead.

By the end of the night, they’re in their hotels.

Bragging about the whistles and bells.

Some go on education trips on scholarship grants.

MAkes you want to go! but unfortunately, you can’t.

I'm sorry to say so

but, sadly, it's true

There’s no chance of a cool vacation

At least, not for you

Even though many of the kids, like you, had no income

But those kids still go to london in their pajamas

Their parents took them

Yours left you for the Bahamas.

You should cheer up though, because as you can see

There are many things that you can do for free!

You could visit a park

Hit up the library!

Or, if you’re interested,

Join a monastery.

But you say to yourself

“That’s not what I want to do!

I want to see places!

Maybe go see a zoo!”

Now you’re irritated,

and want to get cash quick.

Cause you want to look interesting

And pick up a chick.

So you hit up the town

With what little cash you got

But a little bit after

Your eye was soon caught.

Many stores were plastered

With new “HELP WANTED” signs all over the place;

Stores want more workers

With a remarkable face.

So you say to yourself

“I can work here for now,

Save up the money

And use it to enjoy my summer somehow.”

So you send the application

And get hired pretty quickly

The only issue

Is that the hours are sickly

You see, the only people who would hire you

During such a short duration

Are questionable businesses

Who evade Union regulation

So long into the night,

You work on the docks.

Bringing in new shipments

Of counterfeit brand shoes and socks.

Now you regret

Working hours of the dead,

Wishing that you were just lazy at home

In your comfy old bed.

So you quit your new job

And run straight to your house

Better than being

In the giant warehouse

Now you are done

With your energetic summer spree

You’ll waste the next months

On the couch with the TV

But don’t waste much time

And lose any knowledge

Cause when your parents come back

You’ll be shipped off to college