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Congratulations! ...for people just waiting.

Today is your day. Waiting for a train to go


You're off to Great Places! or a bus to come, or a plane to go
You're off and away! or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
You have brains in your head. or the waiting around for a Yes or No
You have feet in your shoes. or waiting for their hair to grow.
You can steer yourself Everyone is just waiting.
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know. …
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go. NO!
That's not for you!

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. Somehow you'll escape
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. all that waiting and staying
Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. You'll find the bright places
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. where Boom Bands are playing.

Except when you don't. So...
Because, sometimes, you won't. be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
… or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
You can get so confused You're off the Great Places!
that you'll start in to race Today is your day!
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace Your mountain is waiting.
and grind on for miles cross weirdish wild space, So...get on your way.
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place. (Source: Oh the places you’ll go by Dr. Seuss)
The Waiting Place...

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