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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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One more

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Submitted by sb123 on December 3, 2008 - 19:15.

You’re trying to be cool
You take one more…
You know you should be through
You take one more….
Even after everything that has been told to you
You take one more….
Not wanting to call for a ride
You feel it will take away your pride
You take one drive…
Your judgment is too much infected
By the substances that you injected
You should not of taken
That last one…
As you take one drive
With One friend by your side
You think you seem fine
Though your reactions are effected
The brain does not release the sigh that says
Look out for that bridge ahead
And that will be you last thought..
Your last drink
Your last drive
Your last friend
You will ever be with again.
Was it worth it?
To take one more …

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