Poetry Is All I Want To Do

My Mom and Dad done told me Sister Sally said the same This poetry writing day and night Is getting out of hand I'm always thinking of a new rhyme It is that I can use And when it comes to poetry That's all I want to do These days I'm getting nothing done With my chores around the farm When this poetry all got started I didn't see any harm Now the chickens are in the pasture The cows are in the coup Guess it was bound to happen When you mix poetry in the stew My teachers they done told me The guidance counselor told me too I'll never get anywhere in life If poetry is all I want to do Now I no longer do my homework And I no longer go to school No need for Arithmetic or History When all I want is poetry Cause that's what it is I'm good at Pretty much that and nothing else Just give me pen and paper And poetry is what comes out So as I go about my business Working the rhythm into the rhyme Leave me and my poetry be Can't you see we're doing just fine