Entries from April 2023 ↓

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Dads are Fun

Oh little balloon, Up in the sky, You left me, now I’m going to cry. When my dad bought You, just for me, I held you up For all to see, Cause no one else Had one like you; My dad bought me The only blue. Now you’re laughing At me, I know, As I […]

Unstructable

Mom said my toy truck’s gar-unteed, One hundred sixty three percent. So I hit it with my hammer; It didn’t even make a dent! “Unstructable”, my mommy said. Why would they make a toy like that? I threw it ‘way up in the air, And hit it with my loom-num bat. The bat was old […]

Teacher’s Note

My teacher wrote a note to me And paper clipped it to my test. She said that I had done good work That it had been my very best. She said my grammar had been good And all my spelling had been right. She said that she would tell my folks And planned to meet […]

Architect

It was a thing I had to do, As I have always liked to build. A strong force so deep within me It could not easily be killed. It had been a mighty project, The construction of a city. All the buildings tall and stately, Trees and parklands all so pretty. Each structure built from […]

Shoestrings

I don’t like to tie my shoestrings, It’s something I don’t like to do. They trip me when I walk and run, And get all black with mud and goo. Strangers stop me just to tie them, And when they’ve finished they say, “There.” They rub my head and walk away, And leave me with […]