Jenna pops in and Jenna pops out
and finds class harder than she should.
A coffee here, more rest there
she's not quite getting the grades she would.
But Jenna will learn when she is darn ready
that we shall reap just what we sow
and
dig as she may and drop in the germ,
the seed of an absence won't grow
some calling pulls her, the way that she goes
and she will excel when she finally knows
but
just for today, Jenna my dear, I beg thee
to spend a little time here.
clr 2011