The Drinking Fountain

The drinking fountain squirted me.
It shot right up my nose.
It felt as if I'd stuck my nostril
on the garden hose.

It squirted water in my eye
and also in my ear.
I'm having trouble seeing
and it's really hard to hear.

The water squirted east and west.
It squirted north and south.
Upon my shirt, my pants, my hair,
but nothing in my mouth.

I'm sure that soon they'll fix it
but, until then, let me think...
just whom can I convince that they 
should come and have a drink?

--Kenn Nesbitt

Copyright © 2005 Kenn Nesbitt
All Rights Reserved

This poem appears in the book When the Teacher Isn't Looking.

Comments

	On Jun 23, 2008 An elaphant escaped from the zoo! RUN! wrote: random poem, wherd that come from?!
	On Jun 1, 2008 Lina from usa wrote: I liked this poem beacause it happened to me once
	On Jun 1, 2008 Mary from Canada wrote: OMG!! this poem is so old!! i used it for a project in 5th grade!!! omg, now im gonna use it for another project....and im in 8th grade !!:P
	On May 21, 2008 Brian Li from CA wrote: It's not bad.
	On May 19, 2008 yasemin from plymouth wrote: again the drinking fountain was qwite good but not your best poem but it was still very good

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