I'll be with you in a minute
I've heard that one before
As the minutes trickle by
I'm looking to the door
I only wanted a little help
To make sense of chemistry
So I asked my lovely teacher
Who said of course I'm free
Great I said, it's only two questions
Nothing too hard there
She said, I'll be there in a minute
So I took a chair
10, 15, 20
The minutes were flying past
25, 30, 35
How long can a minute last!
40, 45, 50
And still you are not here
It's been a terribly long minute
I've been forgotten I fear
And suddenly you arrive
With a "sorry to keep you waiting
There so much work I have to do,
Results that need debating!"
I explained the problem
5 minutes was all it took
It seemed hardly worth the bother
But I really had gotten stuck!
If your teachers say "in a minute"
Take yourself a book to read
For a minute of your teacher's time
Is a very long minute indeed!
I.Sparrow
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