Grace Englebreeze Poet I do not know?

The Great Orphan Escape of 1922

The great orphan escape of 1922
Todd, Eravine, Sally, Willie and Lou
Escaped from the horror of Miss Pedelson's zoo
Away from the moldy bread they flew
(And they would have taken with them you)
In the great orphan escape of 1922

The cooks were cooking
While the cops were looking
The bookies were booking
But they kept overlooking
The escapee orphans o' 22

Those five kids found a chest
And in that chest was a vest
A vest made of gold 
In the uncold wold
Where hid the orphans of 1922

They came back rich
But they never snitched
Never spoke, never told
Of their hidden, high wold
That the orphans uncovered
Ere, they discovered'
From the great orphan escape of 1922

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Sunlite Wanter March 10, 2017 at 9:34 AM This is so very clever, Grace - and original. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you, too, for your comments on my poem.