April Fool's Day

Mackenzie put a whoopie cushion
on the teacher's chair.
Makayla told the teacher
that a bug was in her hair.

Alyssa brought an apple
with a purple gummy worm
and gave it to the teacher
just to see if she would squirm.

Elijah left a piece of plastic
dog doo on the floor,
and Vincent put some plastic vomit
in the teacher's drawer.

Amanda put a goldfish
in the teacher's drinking glass.
These April Fool's Day pranks
are ones that you could use in class.

Before you go and try them, though,
there's something I should mention:
The teacher wasn't fooling
when she put us in detention.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Copyright © 2007 Kenn Nesbitt
All Rights Reserved

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

Comments

	On Apr 8, 2008 Kyle Ivary from USA wrote: THAT WAS SO ASOME AND FUNNY!!! :D
	On Apr 8, 2008 moronicmayri from U.S. wrote: erm,funny.. i guess.. but yeah you know it's good.. for like kids.. yeah i'm gonna go now..
	On Apr 8, 2008 cassidy from usa wrote: i loved the poem im only in third grade so next year i will play one of those tricks on the meanest teach i have p.s. i will be a lot sneakyer
	On Apr 7, 2008 D.C ( Denise coleman) from Ozzie (Australia) wrote: i think this poem shud be pinned up in many skools on april fools day. This poem is great. I lke Ken Nesbitts poem.
	On Apr 6, 2008 Kit katty from Australia wrote: I love it it was so cool after I had read it my jaw droped dow because it was so clever and as a fellow peom writer I come tell that alot of work went into it and it came out GREAT!

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