Likely Stories
I got an alligator
I feed him every day
That’s why friends and neighbors
Never come and play
My homey got a race car
And drove to Timbuktu
Holler when he’s zooming by
And he will wave to you
My uncle got a rowboat
He takes it to the lake
He don’t catch no fishies
He’d rather eat a snake
My brother got a trumpet
He plays it all night long
He never took no lessons
He only knows one song
My neighbor got a rhino
He keeps it in his yard
We were playing football
It hit me really hard
My teacher got a schoolbook
To teach me how to read
When he tried to teach too much
It made my psyche bleed
My roommate made a rocket
And took it to the moon
He just sent a postcard
He’s coming back in June
My sister got a scooter
She took it to the zoo
A tiger tried to take it
Got kicked in the wazoo
by Richard W. Bray
Tags: alligators, brothers, Children's Literature, children’s poetry, comedy, homeys, Humor, humorous poetry, kids, Poetry, race cars, rhinos, rockets, sisters, Timbuktu, uncles
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