I wanted to send you roses <br />but I haven't a penny to my name. <br />I wanted to send you a card or letter <br />but the postman never came. <br /> <br />I wanted to call you on the phone <br />but everytime that I did. <br />Your line seemed always busy <br />so I hope you can forgive. <br /> <br />I wanted to bake you a cake <br />and send it so brightly wrapped. <br />But all I had in my cabinets dear <br />was a box of poison for the rats! <br /> <br />I wanted to make you a sweater <br />of the finest quality of yarns. <br />But everytime I went to knit it <br />I got the sharpest pains running down my arms! <br /> <br />I wanted to so many times to tell you all of this <br />but everytime I write it down. <br />I seem to always misplace my list.<br /><br />Linda Winchell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-wanted-to-3/
