Waiting Poem by Clyde King

Everybody is waiting for something.
Waiting on a paycheck,
waiting in line at the grocery store,
waiting in a doctor's office or in a hospital,
waiting on a phone call,
waiting on hold,
waiting for a cure,
waiting for a mate,
waiting on dinner,
waiting in a traffic jam,
waiting at a red light,
waiting for a bus, taxi, train, or airplane,
waiting to be waited upon,
waiting for an appointment,
waiting for death, which never waits on us.
You get the idea.
How many years do we waste waiting? I don't know,
but a real paradox is the expression
'Hurry up and wait.'
Truth is, most of the time we're waiting
for something that never happens,
so why get anxious about it?