The Night Before School
'Twas the night before school, when all through the house
Not a creature was sleeping, not even amouse hamster.
The books were all stacked by the desk with care
In hopes that wondrous knowledge would be found in there.
The children were flopping around on their beds,
While too much sugar pumped through their heads.
And mamma in her nightgown, and I in my cap,
Kept yelling upstairs, "Knock off that crap!"
When out in the hallway there arose such a whirl,
I sprang from the couch to see my 6-year-old girl.
She just couldn't sleep, and neither could brother,
They both were too excited to even fight with each other.
"Now listen, I'm tired! And so should you be!
Exhausted, burned out, run down, drained, empty.
Not to mention fatigued, drowsy, finished, done for,
I'll get out the thesaurus if you need to hear more!"
And then, in a twinkling, they vanished for sure
The sensed that their dad was about to lecture.
I knew that soon they'd both start to snooze
Which gave me a moment to just sit and muse.
It's been a great summer, with way too much fun,
Filled with excellent road trips and days in the sun.
But the summer is over, temperatures starting to cool,
It's time to wish you all a "Happy first day of school!"
Not a creature was sleeping, not even a
The books were all stacked by the desk with care
In hopes that wondrous knowledge would be found in there.
The children were flopping around on their beds,
While too much sugar pumped through their heads.
And mamma in her nightgown, and I in my cap,
Kept yelling upstairs, "Knock off that crap!"
When out in the hallway there arose such a whirl,
I sprang from the couch to see my 6-year-old girl.
She just couldn't sleep, and neither could brother,
They both were too excited to even fight with each other.
"Now listen, I'm tired! And so should you be!
Exhausted, burned out, run down, drained, empty.
Not to mention fatigued, drowsy, finished, done for,
I'll get out the thesaurus if you need to hear more!"
And then, in a twinkling, they vanished for sure
The sensed that their dad was about to lecture.
I knew that soon they'd both start to snooze
Which gave me a moment to just sit and muse.
It's been a great summer, with way too much fun,
Filled with excellent road trips and days in the sun.
But the summer is over, temperatures starting to cool,
It's time to wish you all a "Happy first day of school!"
Permalink posted by Phil at 12:01 AM
12 Comments:
Very nice...
-OD
Interesting night!
"Knock off that crap!" truer words have never been put to poetry.
Yay! My son was excited to be going to second grade today...and his little brother was excited to FINALLY have the computer to himself all day!! HA!
clap clap clap
Hope you had a great first day!
Very nice. Happy first day of school to all of you too.
Great poem, Phil. The first day of school is exciting for students and teachers. But I'm glad it's over. The second day is so much easier!
Bravo!! You are one talented man!
Whit beat me to it. Any poem with "Knock off that crap" is an instant classic.
Happy First Day to you.
absolutely awesome, Phil.
Absolutely brill :)
I have 3 nippers starting school this Term..... staggered intakes.... so one is mornings 9-12 and 2 are afternoons 1-3.20 so I will be at the school 4 times a day right up until half-term which is about 7 weeks lol .....pray for me...
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