by Eve Merriam
Hurry! says the morning,
don't be late for school!
Hurry! says the teacher,
hand in the papers now!
Hurry! says the mother,
supper's getting cold!
Hurry! says the father,
time to go to bed!
Slowly, says the darkness,
you can talk to me . . . .
from Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart
Selected by Eve Merriam
2012, Little Brown and Company
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