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