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Oh the Places you wish you went
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
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This is a parody of Dr. Suess's "Oh the Place You'll Go" for the summer high school students who just graduated.