IF KIDS MADE THE RULES
Marvin and Conchita would
play all day on Saturday.
Marvin would come by her house
and say,
“Come on, Cheetah,
let’s play; it’s Saturday.”
Cheetah would then say,
“OK, Marv, let’s go right away.
They ran off to do
their favorite thing.
It was in the big oak tree,
a swing.
As Marv pushed,
Cheetah’s heart and mouth did sing,
“If kids made the rules,
we’d change everything.”
“There would be no schools,”
Marv
shouted with glee.
“Life would be one big party,”
screamed Cheetah, “Oooh whee!”
“With all the cake and ice cream
you can eat,” squealed Lucille,
who kneeled down and
dropped her banana peel.
“Oh, just think of all the treats
we could eat,” Marv shivered.
“Or the things we wouldn’t have to eat
like liver,” Cheetah cheered.
“No spinach!” Hal sneered.
Marv exclaimed, “
We’ll have piles and piles of pizza.”
Darlene added,
“With lotsa and lotsa soda!”
More and more children gathered
under the tree
with their own rules on
how it should be.
The chatter grew louder and louder.
Conchita sailed higher and higher.
“Let’s stay up all night!”
“We can pillow fight.”
“Then we’ll jump on the beds
and stand on our heads.”
“Everybody should have
a pet puppy or kitty
or whatever
makes them very happy.”
“No one should ever be sad
or mad, or bad ... just glad.”
“Singing in the rain and walking
through every puddle.”
“Without even getting in
any kind of trouble.”
“Living in tree houses
would be grand,”
“and peeking at the cards
in someone’s hand.”
“Cartwheels must
be done down all hills.”
“No more swallowing nasty pills.”
“We’d go swimming in the fountain.”
“Hey, let’s do that again and again!”
“Bubble baths in the Jacuzzi.”
“Ooh, that would so funny.”
“Roller blading
in and out of the house.”
“We don’t have to be
quiet as a mouse.”
Then a mother’s voice did cry.
Cheetah stopped with a heavy sigh.
“Here,” she did reply.
“It’s time to come home for dinner.
We’ve got your favorite, dear, liver.”
Cheetah fainted onto Marv’s arm
with a loud shriek of alarm!
ã Copyright
2001 --- Terry Niarra Tiger