You Did Not Want To Wait
you do not know me
oh,
you had the chance (you did)
but you sat down
when everyone else –
got up to dance
and,
when answers and explanations
were handed to you on a plate
you were not hungry,
and you did not want to grow or wait
James Garratt – July 2006
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You Did Not Want To Wait – Written July 2006 (Aged 31)
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