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The worst waste of time

There are many ways to waste your time,
but the supremely worst is only one,
and you'll experience it from time to time
and ever be at it again,
like falling constantly into the worst of traps;
and every time you say again,
protesting violently to yourself:
"Never again!" And yet,
you are most certain to experience it again
and yet again and ever and again.
The situation is the classical predicament
of waiting for your lady punctually
in good time after making an appointment,
and she never comes.
You wait and wait, and nothing happens,
still you wait, you must give her a chance,
and, intolerably and ironically true,
the longer you will wait for her,
the less she will appear,
no matter how your worry constantly gets tenser.
It's a hopeless situation.
You will always wait for her in vain
when you have made a well agreed upon appointment
and she just will not appear.

Poetry by Christian Lanciai