christmas pajamas
everyone in fleece footies
picture memories
feeling silly now
do it for your grandparents
thrilled with it later
hello kitty pajamas
fuzzy pink footies
hot tea with honey
Vicks vapor rub
wheezing breath
walking pneumonia
I need my mommy to tuck me in
they suit up in hazmat suits
the door bursts open.
They pop me into a bubble and
whisk me to the sixteenth floor
I did not know this hospital had a sixteenth floor, I say
For three days people come to poke and prod me.
They take blood and wake me up at midnight
To say “I am your nurse”.
The sign on my door says not to enter without
full protection – a suit, goggles, footies, etcetera.
No one tells me what I have.
No one seems to know.
Whatever it is, it has left in three days.
They blindfold me and take me back to my car.
I think it is weird I am released at midnight
until I watch them load onto a spaceship and take off.
>
> Mask wearer
> Grief bearer
>
> Police cars
> Jail bars
>
> Silver coffin
> Satin stuffin
>
> Pall bearer
> Grave terror
> Huge brassiere
> Elephant ear
>
> Bad skater
> Ice breaker
>
> Roach clip
> Fast trip
>
> Fast pass
> No class
>
> French kiss
> Tongue twist
>
> Leaves fall
> Amber autumnal
>
> Goggle wearer
> Human terror
>
> Bumper cars
> Seeing stars
>
> Broken hip
> Surprise slip
>
> Sexy legs
> Human pegs
>
> Piano player
> Ivories swayer
>
> God's teacher
> Our preacher
"Must you always rhyme?",said he.
"Must you be a show-off?",said she.
"Each comment a grand show of your jocularity,"she huffed.
"Ah, you are just so jealous,"he puffed
"Not really,"said she' with serenity.
"I just know you are capable of sonnetry."
"But instead,lazily you pen footies,"
Hardly sourced from the great Muses!
July 22, 2020
8:15 am PST
Three Year Old….thinking
that potty training thing was over rated
and that “big boy” thing - quite overstated
now I can pee on the ants
thank goodness for my “big boy” pants
my feet are cold
I miss my “footies”
my “wuzzie” – mom had to boil it
just cuz I washed it – in the toilet
tried the cat’s food this morning
now I know why he licks himself
I’m kinda like a sunbeam
I can’t sit still
dressed myself this morning
who knew – colors clashed!!
wonder what the cat would look like
with a new hair cut
I wonder what it is I’ve done
when mom says “Dad, go get your son!”
why can’t you guys leave me alone
and let me enjoy my ice cream cone
got hold of the remote last night
they’ll never find it
I like bugs – mom doesn’t
thought it was funny – it wasn’t
6/22/2017
Submitted to – Three year olds thoughts – Poetry Contest
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