There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
There was an old woman
who lived in a shoe.
The place was disgusting
and smelled like pee-eww!
The windows were drafty.
The roof was a leaker.
But that’s what you get
when you live in a sneaker.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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