The Waiting Place
It's amazing how a children's book can paint such a realistic picture of life.
“You’ll be on your way up!
You’ll be seeing great sights!
You’ll join the high fliers
Who soar to great heights!”
“...I’m sorry to say so
but, sadly, it’s true
that Bang-ups
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
In a prickle-ly perch
And your gang will fly on.
You’ll be left in a lurch.
You’ll come down from the Lurch
With an unpleasant bump.
And chances are, then,
That you’ll be in a Slump.
And when you’re in a Slump,
You’re not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
Is not easily done.”
“You can get so confused
that you’ll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place…”
“You’ll be on your way up!
You’ll be seeing great sights!
You’ll join the high fliers
Who soar to great heights!”
“...I’m sorry to say so
but, sadly, it’s true
that Bang-ups
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
In a prickle-ly perch
And your gang will fly on.
You’ll be left in a lurch.
You’ll come down from the Lurch
With an unpleasant bump.
And chances are, then,
That you’ll be in a Slump.
And when you’re in a Slump,
You’re not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
Is not easily done.”
“You can get so confused
that you’ll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place…”
posted by Joel at 8:42 AM
1 Comments:
...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Amazing indeed!
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