Disgruntled Mom and Her Stay-Inside Kids - Nursery Rhyme

Eight o’clock, Eight o’clock – Children, arise. Out in the yard you can chase butterflies! Nine o’clock, Nine o’clock – Children don’t dawdle! You move like a duck who can’t even waddle. Ten o’clock, Ten o’clock – Children it’s late! Really, I haven’t all morning to wait. Eleven o’clock – Kids, you have to get going. Your kites I’ve got ready. A nice breeze is blowing. Twelve o’clock, Twelve o’clock – Children, move fast. Already you see the morning has passed. One o’clock, One o’clock – Lunch we are eating. Suggestions I made do not bear repeating. Two o’clock, Two o’clock – Now you feel full? Your little red wagon I’d promised to pull! Three o’clock, Three o’clock – I said ASAP. It looks like instead you are needing a nap! Four o’clock, Four o’clock – STILL you’re inside? To get you in sunshine I’ve tried and I’ve tried. Five o’clock, Five o’clock – Dad’s almost home. Why in the wonderful woods won’t you roam? Six o’clock, Six o’clock – Soon will be dinner. Each of you seems like a stay-inside winner. Seven o’clock, and the sun has gone down. Kids, can’t you see that your mom wears a frown? Eight o’clock, eight o’clock – all that I needed was time for myself. My words went unheeded. Nine o’clock, nine o’clock – Time now for bed. That story you wanted is not getting read! March 15, 2021 For Eve Roper's the ' Nursery Rhyme 3' Poetry Contest (because I forgot to enter second one)