F Is For Frustrate
Dedicated to My Son, My Kyle The Smile
Listen Kate, listen dear,
I have a new word for you to learn.
Tell your ears to clear and hear.
When you fight shoes and socks,
Throw them down with your eyes round,
It is like the night I dropped my bags,
Fell on my knees and broke my keys
Because they caught inside the lock.
You thought that I was mad,
But that is not the emotion I had
And mad is not the feeling you got
When you bunched up and threw your socks.
When things will not cooperate,
The word we should choose to use:
~~ hold steady, get ready,
The word I now state:
FRUSTRATE ~~
Once is not enough, so again, my small mate:
A big, new word to be your friend:
~~ FRUSTRATE ~~
Hey, hey, big word you now say.
Hey, hey, for you I have a clue
For your smart brain to learn and use.
Here we go, one more time is great:
~~ FRUSTRATE
FRUS sounds like hush,
TRATE rhymes with Kate,
FRUS, hush,
TRATE, Kate,
FRUS TRATE,
Hush Kate ~~
So, when you cannot shut the gate,
Reach a plate, find crayons to create,
When you get six, but wanted eight,
When these things happen to you,
Remember then your new clue:
~~ Hush Kate,
Hush Kate,
FRUS TRATE,
FRUS TRATE ~~
After that, do not cry, do not yelp,
Just find someone who can give help.
… CayCay Jennings
September 18, 2015
Copyright © Caycay Jennings | Year Posted 2015
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