The Strangest Thing
You ask me where my homework is:
Well, teacher, I know you won’t believe this,
but I swear to you it’s true.
I really had my homework all set to give to you.
But as I walked to school, oh my gosh,
the strangest thing: This pterodactyl.
(what you taught us of in class)
dropped down from the sky
with fire shooting from its ass!
I was petrifed. It HAD to be a pterodactyl.
I remembered its look, for you taught us well.
It looked like a prehistoric monster -
like a devil’s pet on its way to hell.
This reptile with wings
came blazing from the sky
right toward me! I batted at it with my book.
I did not want to get burned by it and die.
My homework fell out from
the pages of my book.
That flaming pterodactyl -
my homework he up and took!
I’m sorry, so sorry. I was using self-preservation.
You can see my point, right?
You’ve heard of “Stranger Things!”
Teacher, for sure, this was an aberration!
Jan. 31, 2021 for John Lawless'
...And Then A Flaming Pterodactyl Ate My Homework Poetry Contest
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