Bored

Bored

by John Kitching

I’m ten and I’m bored

And I’ve nothing to do.

I’m fed up with watching

This ant on my shoe.

The Big Game has finished.

My brother won’t play.

My Dad says he won’t let me

Watch Match of the Day.

I don’t want to paint

Or to make model planes

Or to help Mum with cooking

Or to stroll country lanes.

I’m bored with my school,

With my books on the shelf,

And, most of all really,

Bored with being myself.