I got three bee stings;
Dad only got one.
My sister fell off a log
and cut her butt.
Rats ate the pepper shaker.
A rattlesnake brushed
against Mommy's shoe.
The lamp mantle burned
to smithereens.
We forgot soap.
It rained.
Driving home we saw a
crushed Toyota
where somebody died.
It was so much fun
I can't wait to go back!
from Son of a Poet
© Copyright 1986 and 1999 by Joe Cottonwood