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The Aspirin Excuse 
By Ryan H., Greenfield, MA
There was a little elf with a cast-iron
skillet sitting in my bed,
and whenever I tried to rouse myself,
he'd whack me on the head.
It'd raise a bump, a lump or two,
and I'd go back to sleep
(getting brained with a frying pan is
more effective than counting sheep).
He wrecked my alarm clock, stomped on it
so it would not ring,
and he shot our rooster and the other birds
so that they could not sing.
My dog he locked in the basement
so she couldn't wake me up.
I couldn't smell breakfast cooking
because he superglued my nostrils shut.
I was kept in bed, a prisoner,
subdued, unconscious and meek.
This is why, dearest principal,
I haven't been in school all week.










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