"Some other time perhaps you can," They always say. The picture show, A horseback ride, a doll, a fan, Or any place you want to go, Our parents always seem to say Perhaps we can some other day. They never tell you that you can't -- It's just "not now." Whatever thing It is you see, it is you want, They never say right out, biff-bing, You can't, when on their knees you climb; Perhaps you can "some other time." I wish that I could think of just One thing that I could really do; But, my, it always seems I must First pester them a week or two. I wish that I could think, somehow, Of something I could do Right Now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FINALITY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE DESIRE OF NATIONS by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: MRS. MURRAY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HEMLOCK AND CEDAR by CARL SANDBURG CITY VIGNETTE: RAIN AT NIGHT by SARA TEASDALE |