Francine Roberts Poet Limerick

'you'Re Going To Break Your Neck'

~~~"You're Going To Break Your Neck ! " ~~~


I see red and orange amidst the green.
Occasionally faces can be seen
hiding in the branches there, 
climbing trees without a care
and I order them down 'cause I'm just mean.

They're up above the ground, oh so high.
Any closer and they could touch the sky.
"Hey you, get your butt down!"
I bellow , with a frown
and they grudgingly climb down with a sigh.

Memories are short and they're up there again.
My nerves are starting to feel the strain.
"Get out of that tree right now!"
I holler like a mad cow.
Acting responsible is just a pain.

The sun is out and the kids are wild.
The poor trees out front are now defiled.
Beneath the tree is now found
broken branches all around,
but at least no broken bones of a child.




~~not 'the end,' I'm sure~~~

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Don Johnson May 19, 2011 at 11:23 PM Children are unbreakable or so they often think the sun is sliding down the sky coffee now to drink great poem see the worry of it all xo Don

James Fraser April 4, 2011 at 10:59 AM I have to admit, I was one of those kids Francine. Ooo it brought back memories....:)

Andrea Dietrich March 28, 2011 at 7:15 AM Francine, this is so cute about kids climbing trees, and how you put those broken branches at the end instead of the kids' broken bones. Really fun to read. soupmail