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The impatience willeventually kill me—just waiting forthe good things to comewith no promise of itever being true—and I wait and wait—talked to people whogot there and gave mefalse oaths thatgood things are my way

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The impatience will
eventually kill me
—just waiting for
the good things to come
with no promise of it
ever being true—
and I wait and wait
—talked to people who
got there and gave me
false oaths that
good things are my way

Until when? Up to what
moment in time?
How long should I have
to scrounge the mountains
of leftovers—eating what's
thrown by the people
from the higher ladders?

I have thought rubbish
is what I deserved but
after an era of believing
—where did that get me?
Nowhere—almost the same
as believing that somewhere
in the hall of stars and fame
there's a place for me
All hopes get me nowhere
—I see that now as one
would take years to realize

Until when? Up to what
point in forever should
I ride up to some peak?
How long should I keep
hoping I'll reach it and
how long before it becomes
clear that I won't?

I have thought of that
a million times over
—a dozen millions, in fact—
and I've come to realize now
that it's the hoping
—not the waiting—
the hoping for things
to get better—
that's what's going
to eventually kill me

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