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Alibis

December 21, 2015
By MJR00 SILVER, Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania
MJR00 SILVER, Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself&quot;(Rachel Carson).<br /> <br /> &quot;You can&#039;t save all of the shots, but you must believe you can&quot; (Anonymous).


The teachers wanna eat my soul,

My face is stuck to the cereal bowl.

My eyes and limbs are very heavy,

I think I'll fall into the levee.

The bus will crash into a tree,

Imagine all the things to happen to me!

 

I'll trip and stumble down the stairs,

I'll get attacked by dancing bears.

You'll be bummed when I am gone away,

I feel my face starting to decay!

 

When I'm in school, I'll just faint,

'Cuz I drank a gallon of lead paint!

Please don't let me go to school,

That would be so very cruel.


The author's comments:

This piece is one of my favorite poems. I was inspired by Shel Silverstein's "Sick" and mimiced his rythm of his poem. I think it is a very humorous depiction of a young child creating creative and absurd alibis to excuse himself from school. I believe we all have experienced a day where we just did not want to go to school or work. 


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