My Gran says I’m
young for my age.
Well, I say she’s SHORT for her HEIGHT
And it’s just
a bunch of baloney,
that carrots help see in the night.
I’m completely
addicted to apples,
but Mum says “They don’t grow on trees!”
And when
they say “do you want me to slap you?”
Do they think that I’ll answer “yes
please”?
I’m scared to eat greens when it’s mealtime,
‘cause I’d hate
to get hairs on my chest.
And I don’t know why Mother bothers,
to iron
my pants and my vest...
“You must ask if you want”, says my Dad.
But my
Mum says “I Want, doesn’t get!”
I just don’t know who to believe.
I don’t
think they’ve worked it out yet!
My Dad says “You’ll have someone’s eye out!”
If you play with a pillow or stick.
But you can sleep with your face in a
pillow,
so is my Dad playing some kind of trick?
So I think that grown-ups
are crazy,
When they say all these things so absurd.
It’s not US that
should sit here in silence,
GROWN-UPS should be seen and not heard.
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