Degree

First published with The Sour Collective Zine, Issue 23: We Love Teachers

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Content Warning: Academic unhappiness, parental mistreatment, financial burden

Here is your degree 

Got it for you and not for me 

Deadlines, exams and stress 

You said it was for the best 

I hope I'm finally free 

Now I got you a precious degree 

Wish I could work on my craft

Wish I didn't have this overdraft 

Wish I didn't have student loans 

Singing this song to make it known 

I didn't want to go to university 

Here is your degree 

An award conferred by my university 

Isolated, tired and depressed 

Was the degree worth my distress 

Am I finally worthy 

Do I tick your box of acceptability?