Entries from January 2008 ↓

“There is not one single monster
In your room,” my grandpa said,
“Not one single monster alive!”
And he marched me off to bed.
Grandpa’s always right, you know
He said, “Not one monster alive.”
There’s not one monster in my room.
There are four monsters, maybe five!

The man drove up in my driveway,
Riding in a sporty red car.
“I want to buy your horse,” he said,
Talking around a big cigar.
“I heard down at the general store,
That he can play a violin.
I own a traveling circus
That I could use his talent in.”
“Well, I could sure use the money
But I wouldn’t want to cheat [...]

Once upon an evening bright, while I waited for the night,
To rest then from a day of labor that had made my muscles sore.
Sitting there and quietly napping, was awakened by a tapping,
Or was it more like a rapping, rapping at my big barn door?
“A friend or neighbor,” I muttered, “tapping at my big barn [...]