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I'm Staying Home From School Today

I'm staying home from school today.
I'd rather be in bed
pretending that I have a pain
that's pounding in my head.

I'll say I have a stomach ache.
I'll claim I've got the flu.
I'll shiver like I'm cold
and hold my breath until I'm blue.

I'll fake a cough. I'll fake a sneeze.
I'll say my throat is sore.
If necessary I can throw
a tantrum on the floor.

I'm sure I'll get away with it.
Of that, there's little doubt.
But, even so, I really hope
my students don't find out.

--Kenn Nesbitt

 

This poem appears in the book
Revenge of the Lunch Ladies


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On Mar 15, 2010 nick peralta from new mexico wrote:
i liket it but it i think it needs more riming words
On Jan 5, 2010 zlf2010 from hell wrote:
thats half of my teachers
On May 8, 2009 Samantha from USA wrote:
I enjoy this poem. It is so true of teachers.
On May 8, 2009 Finn Mitchell-Anyon from New Zealand wrote:
Tehe I hope my students don't find out that's a good one. I'm rehearsing for some kind of drama club thing and we have to read a poem and I am so using this.
On May 8, 2009 Haz from England wrote:
Ah mint poem! gonna use that 4 school!

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