'No Time To Finish' by Laura Cooney

I'm a poet and I ... what?

Listen to the questions that ... in the shoe cupboard.

The shoe cupboard... Jesu...

I'll get i...

Righrlt, what colour plate do you... just wait a minute plea... hang o...

(The doorbell rings)

Oh hi there, tha... I'll get it just wai... sorry..

Wait I'm talking to the... by... oh.

(The door closes)

And here I am, a poe... just switch it on at the back and get...

You're hungry? I'll just be... you want an ap.. rais... OK...

And here I am a poet and I listen to the questions of the children but there are no wor...

Thanks... yukky banana peel get a...

There are no words to fin...

OK. Hang on...

Nish a sen...

Wait... I'm coming. Just a mi…