The Taking of Temperature
When Henry's toy thermometer
Was used to check his bear
For fever, I was most surprised
That not the derriere
Nor mouth was where he placed it,
For he made it very clear
That the best place for a reading
Was inside the teddy's ear.
I was poised to thus correct him
But I realized nowadays
That we measure kids for fever
In some unexpected ways.
In my day, things sure were different.
Still, we wouldn't need a push
To insert thermometers
Into the ear and not the tush.
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