NO TIME

by John Karpinski

Sitting in kindergarten and asked to say my name

The teacher says never mind - No Time

In third grade I have to give an oral report in class

The teacher says never mind - No Time

In the seventh grade I want to ask a girl out

The girl says never mind - No time

In the ninth grade I want to apply for a job after school

The interviewer says never mind - No Time

In the eleventh grade I want to act in a play

The director says never mind - No Time

There is so much that I want to say

I say never mind - No Time

Many years later people grow impatient with me

I say to them never mind - No Time For You


added with permission of the author
October 11, 2004