This Morning is Our History Test

This morning is our history test.
I've pinned my notes inside my vest.
Inside my coat I wrote my notes,
including dates and famous quotes.
I've written more upon my hand
that only I can understand,
and in my socks and sleeves I stowed
my scribbled notes in secret code.

I've written down so many names
of winners of Olympic games,
of buildings, people, places too,
from Tennessee to Timbuktu.
I even copied down a piece
on ancient Rome and ancient Greece,
plus everything from Shakespeare's plays
to who invented mayonnaise.

I came to school so well prepared.
I wasn't nervous, wasn't scared.
But here it is, the history test.
I look inside my coat and vest
to get the dates and famous quotes
and find I cannot read my notes.
So much for Shakespeare, Greece and Rome.
I left my glasses back at home.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Copyright © 2005 Kenn Nesbitt
All Rights Reserved

Comments

	On Apr 23, 2008 DHEENA from MALDIVES wrote: HAHA HOW CAN HE CHEAT BECAUSE HE LEFT HIS GLASSES AT HOME! WELL IT SERVES HIM RIGHT HAHA
	On Apr 21, 2008 savannah from usa wrote: good poem i have tryed 2 cheat like that but i dont have glasses so it worked!!!!a little long but it was good ♥♥savannah
	On Apr 20, 2008 brendon from us wrote: !!!!!!great poem
	On Apr 16, 2008 lol from new york wrote: this is so funny after all his work he left his glasses at home.Well he deserved it because he was cheating so what goes around comes around.
	On Apr 14, 2008 the colt from mars wrote: GOOOOOD BUUUT WHAT KID WILL HAVE SUCH A BIG TEST AND HOW COULD HE LOOK AT HIS NOTES WITHOUT GETING COUGHT.8.9

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