My Mother Says I'm Sickening
My mother says I'm sickening,
my mother says I'm crude,
she says this when she sees me
playing Ping-Pong with my food,
she doesn't seem to like it
when I slurp my bowl of stew,
and now she's got a list of things
she says I mustn't do--
DO NOT CATAPULT THE CARROTS!
DO NOT JUGGLE GOBS OF FAT!
DO NOT DROP THE MASHED POTATOES ON THE GERBIL OR THE CAT!
NEVER PUNCH THE PUMPKIN PUDDING!
NEVER TUNNEL THROUGH THE BREAD!
PUT NO PEAS INTO YOUR POCKET!
PLACE NO NOODLES ON YOUR HEAD!
DO NOT SQUEEZE THE STEAMED ZUCCHINI!
DO NOT MAKE THE MELON OOZE!
NEVER STUFF VANILLA YOGURT IN YOUR LITTLE SISTER'S SHOES!
DRAW NO FACES IN THE KETCHUP!
MAKE NO LITTLE GRAVY POOLS!
I wish my mother wouldn't make so many useless rules.
Jack Prelutsky
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This is really funny poem. It reminds me of Kate Glantz’s poem from last year. My favorite line is the last one “ I wish my mother wouldn’t make so many useless rules”. I think every kid feels that way until they have their own children.
ReplyDeleteI like all the rules. My favorite rule is never stuff vanilla pudding in your little sister's shoes. I have a little brother that is very annoying and if I didn't want to eat the pudding I might stuff it in his shoes.
ReplyDeleteI realized that when I read the poem it really stood out to me that I did some of these things and a little kid like making faces in the ketchup and dropping food on my dog
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