In a grad student’s pennyworth life,
Twenty hours is a standard block of time,
For each hour of painstaking work,
All they earn is a hundred dimes.
Sixteen go in taxes, and 17 for one muffin,
The sixty seven left in pockets harmoniously chime,
Then there’s the afternoon slumber, and to ward that off,
Buying a cuppa coffee for 16 ain’t any crime.
Twenty hours of research, stretched into the night time,
Another twenty for the homework, it’s still not even halftime,
Twenty hours of grading, taking points off for grime,
Twenty is for job hunt, to earn those 100,000 dimes.
Twenty hours at the gym, and for playing soccer in slime,
To keep the drawstring tight, to enter thirties in prime,
Twenty hours of meetings, presentations and thesis, all so sublime,
Twenty hours of social life, Facebook, pubs, vodka and lime.
Twenty + eight hours of broken sleep,
And savings stripped down to a dime,
Twenty hours in a grad student’s life,
Is like a penny found in the fountain of time!
Twenty hours is a standard block of time,
For each hour of painstaking work,
All they earn is a hundred dimes.
Sixteen go in taxes, and 17 for one muffin,
The sixty seven left in pockets harmoniously chime,
Then there’s the afternoon slumber, and to ward that off,
Buying a cuppa coffee for 16 ain’t any crime.
Twenty hours of research, stretched into the night time,
Another twenty for the homework, it’s still not even halftime,
Twenty hours of grading, taking points off for grime,
Twenty is for job hunt, to earn those 100,000 dimes.
Twenty hours at the gym, and for playing soccer in slime,
To keep the drawstring tight, to enter thirties in prime,
Twenty hours of meetings, presentations and thesis, all so sublime,
Twenty hours of social life, Facebook, pubs, vodka and lime.
Twenty + eight hours of broken sleep,
And savings stripped down to a dime,
Twenty hours in a grad student’s life,
Is like a penny found in the fountain of time!
