FOREVER WAITING FOREVER
Look at my watch
listen carefully and look down the track
train is late even when it is on time.
Wait, wait and wait
Told when let out
be back by 6:00
now 6:15
Wait, wait and wait
Pace the hall and count the tile
guess boy or girl
listen for the Dr.
Wait, wait and wait
Slow checker today
folks piling up in line
lady forgot to get milk.
Wait, wait and wait.
Reported the check was in the mail last month
that snail stopped for a vacation,
but it will get here by and by
Wait, Wait and Wait
The play starts in 15 minutes
unsure of what shoes to wear
just bring them and put them on in the car.
Wait, Wait and wait
Ten degree and snowing
Columbian school still locked
So at seven just shiver and hope.
Wait, Wait, Wait
I was 15 for 20 years
driver’s license at 16
ready all that time.
Wait, Wait and Wait
Turned 50 and started to figure
how many years until retirement
and what would my pension be?
Wait, Wait and Wait.
A long lifetime in life waiting
sort of get used to it
even though I am an early or on time guy.
Wait, Wait and Wait.
Now Spring at last
trees leaving out and blossoming
but no red buds on the pomegranate tree
Now I am impatient
Bloom darn you
Show we will have fruit.
Wait, wait no longer
No buds, no fruit
No fruit no Annual Pomegranate Harvest
No great grandchildren picking.
Hurry and bloom. I am tired of waiting
Hurry, Hurry, and Hurry
Doug Minnis 3/15