• Listen!
    Just this once, may I speak?
    I never get the chance to talk;
    Can I have my turn this week?
    I say you’re my friend—
    My best, in fact—
    But you hurt my head
    With nonsense about this and that.
    Can you try to give me a turn
    So I can say what I need?
    You missed a lot;
    I’ll catch you up to speed.
    Pay attention,
    Just this once;
    Maybe now you won’t end up the Dunce.