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Gathered Knoweledge Harvested For The Future

As Submitted To The Harvest Of Memory Challenge

By Marc OBrienPublished 11 months ago • 1 min read

Milan fed them good

Scholastics tinkered under Cora and Tina’s mindful hood

Acting as something they should

And could

Successfully complete

Like their track and field meet

Effort gets an A plus

Failure means, 'board the homeward bound bus’

Four years developing might

Harvesting intellect needed for life’s fight

Classes attend

Competitive with a friend

Cora and Tina, were a match

Only if someone could catch

Two mining gold

Athletically bold

As everyone was told

Until victor turned sour

Pair gained power

From the champion source

Disrupting the syllabus course

Thick and thin

Needing the book win

They stuck together

Budgeting time, studying ‘whatever’

And in the end

Gathered knowledge, judged a ten

Very calm

Cora and Tina moved on

Another chapter to write

Using skills that made them look bright

Putting to shame

Playing the game

Nothing to lose, only adventures to gain

Friendship

About the Creator

Marc OBrien

Barry University graduate Marc O'Brien has returned to Florida after a 17 year author residency in Las Vegas. He will continue using fiction as a way to distribute information. Books include "The Final Fence: Sophomores In The Saddle"

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    Written by Marc OBrien