Alphabet Monster
The alphabet monster
lives under my bed
I know it is true
for it is what it said:
“Gather me blocks of wood!”
He exclaimed
“Colored alphabet blocks!”
He proclaimed
“or say good-bye to your curls, dear girl
or perhaps your little bear named Burl!”
The alphabet monster
gains its vocabulary
by eating block letters
for his dictionary:
“Gather me blocks of wood!”
He exclaims
“Colored alphabet blocks!”
He proclaims
“or never get a treat or dare sleep
for under your bed I’ll always creep!”
The alphabet monster
has learned to rhyme
by digesting letters
on the blocks it finds:
“Gather me blocks of wood!”
He yells
“Colored alphabet blocks!”
He spells
“or you will find my poem incomplete
when it comes time that we next shall meet!”
The alphabet monster
feeds its appetite
with alphabet blocks
left on the floor at night:
Perhaps this night before I go to bed
I’ll place them in their right place instead
and tell the monster to “Just go away!
I’ve learned my lesson. I’ll pick up after play.”
© Debra Squyres
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