ROBERT'S PET
Robert brought his pet to school.
He said the pet was new.
But when he sauntered into class,
the kids and I screamed, "EW!"
A sewer rat!
Imagine that!
Fierce bond between the boy and rat,
swelled our hearts with beauty.
Everybody fell in love, and...
thought the rat a cutie!
© 2017 Dianne Moritz. All rights reserved.
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This is great, Dianne! I can definitely relate since a good friend of mine from high school had a pet rat that sat lovingly on his shoulder.
ReplyDeletenever a pet rat but we had hampers and my dad was a truck driver and he would bring home unsnarl pet some times like a muskrat once your poem is wonderful brought back wonderful memories of my child hood
ReplyDeletethanks! This is a true story...happened when I was teaching third grade in LA City Schools. I've had a rat phobia for years, but was able to tolerate "Ralph" in the classroom for a whole day.
DeleteMy class raised rats for several years, so this pleases me a lot to say that I'm glad the class finally loved it. Great rhythm & story in not too many words, too. I love that middle part!
ReplyDeleteOh, my. I'm not sure I could find the beauty in a sewer rat. Cute poem, though.
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