“Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.”
- Robin Williams
a tale from a Robin William's quote begins with paraphrasin' it
one's born great, one achieves it... one receives it as a graduation gift
Rick & Steve need a bus ride, Zack comes by the back of a Benz
3 kids arrive in grade 9 but Zack's from a way higher class than them
one he never had to attend... his teachers & his dad are friends
doesn't matter then if he preps for tests, seems to always be passin' them
but he often gets confused, kids thought he had to be stupid
the sad truth, his tutor's brain did all the work so he never actually used his
parents paid off the board... wasn't a sum they'd not support
to make their son's report card say honours, straight A's & top awards
so Zack remained an ignroamus, vagrant of the upper class
sat with the chumps n' laughed to himself, saw school as a sucker's path
now Steve's a blue collar kid who fully knew what his father did
saw the footsteps that the soot left & yet was still choosin' to follow it
acknowledged in the trades but Steve was faltering in grades
so he took an honest look at his limits... & he called a spade a spade
asked Rick to assist, a friend gifted with a geniuses aptitude
who spent saturday evenings at a desk correctin' Steve 'til he had it too
molded in working class grit, predicaments Steve did battle thru
showed Rick that what Steve lacked in wit he had in discipline & attitude
& Rick perfected any subject without even trying intellectually
impeccable recollections pumped and primed inside of eidetic memories
at any time his mind could record every piece of conscious data
store it in a palace & whenever he wants, or needs... re-watch it later
he remembers everything he sees easy & natural as breathin'
headwraps the fabric of reason, seams thread his scholastic achievements
any dream's his... from magistrate straight to classic historian
& believe that on the day they all graduate, he plays valedictorian
greatness takes different paths, Rick was born a gifted polymath
Steve was born poor but working class morals taught him to give it all he had
but Zack ain't born great or achieve it, so i hate to call him that
cuz the only great life he's seen came as a graduation gift from mom & dad
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