Basketball's My Favorite Sport

Basketball's my favorite sport.
I dribble up and down the court.
The ball goes bouncing off my toes
and beans the teacher on the nose.

He stumbles back and grabs his nose
and hits the wall and down he goes.
The other players stop and stare.
They've never heard the teacher swear.

With no one playing anymore.
I grab the ball. I shoot. I score.
I love this game! It's so much fun.
The teacher cried, but, hey--we won.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Copyright © 2007 Kenn Nesbitt
All Rights Reserved

This poem appears in the book Revenge of the Lunch Ladies.

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	On May 8, 2008 ? from ? wrote: this poem is funny and very good.
	On Apr 20, 2008 DUSTIN from CANADA wrote: THIS IS THE BEST SPORT EVER
	On Apr 14, 2008 jojo from pallgrav wrote: this is a good story
	On Apr 7, 2008 Brygit Smith from United States wrote: Weird but funny
	On Apr 7, 2008 Alma from Colorado wrote: This is my favorite sport too

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