Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Bye Bye Boyfriends


I've been re-e-e-ally busy of late, so I've invited a 'guest' author to share this space.

Hope you enjoy the levity.

"Bye Bye Boyfriends"
By Josh Pratt

All of my sisters have boyfriends,
I am going to get rid of them
First I will tell my dad one has a prison record,
Or one has a van. "

I will tell my sisters one is on parole
Or one is in the child slave marketing business.
Another has seven girlfriends
And she is number eight

I will say to one boyfriend
That my sister shaved her head
Or possibly that
She gained fifty pounds since they last met.

Or I will tell my mom
That my sister
and a boyfriend
are going to run away

but if all should fail
I will call in reinforcements
With jello down one’s pants
Or I could make them wet their pants

Obviously
If you don’t see
I am doing this
So all may know
I’m the man of this house!!! "
(Who says the lone boy in an all-girl [3 older sisters] household doesn't have his opportunity for revenge?!!)

1 comment:

  1. It's good to see your poetry talent gene was passed along to your son. But now I'm wondering if these boyfriends exist or are mythical creatures created for his art.

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