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Hurry Up and Wait

Ellen O'Malley

What a crazy life!
I sit in someones house
             and ponder,
And wait, wait, wait.
That's really what it's all about.
Hurry up and wait.
No matter how fast you go, or
How much you buzz...
You never get to where you want to go!
You spend every day, every day
       and every minute
Trying to get there!!!
Only to be told....Sorry, you'll have to wait!
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Submitted on June 07, 2012

Modified on March 15, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEDFGHIJKD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 346
Words 67
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
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