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When I Grow Up
Posted by Rabbit Stu, Nov 16, 2007. 230 views. ID = 319
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 | This one took quite a while to write - I wrote it elsewhere and pasted it in, so ignore the timer. The worst part was finding a kind of tumor that fit my rhythm. :D |  | This post has been awarded 15 stars by 4 readers. |
"I'm going to be a millionaire," my little brother said,
"And give it all to charity, so the orphans can be fed."
I thought about his grand ideas and gave a quick reply:
"That will never never happen 'til the day that pigs can fly."
"Then I will be an astonaut, and journey to the moon.
I'll jump and skip and dance across those dusty lunar dunes."
"You'll never be an astronaut, you'll never take those flights,
In case you don't remember, you've got a phobia for heights."
"Then I will be a doctor, and I will save so many lives,
With stethescope, thermometer and sharpest surgeon's knives."
"You'll never be a surgeon, since you'll always be a klutz,
And you always get quite woozy on seeing blood and guts!"
"So I will join the circus and I'll be a clown, you see -
I'll prance around the circus tent while children laugh with glee."
"To be a clown," I said, "you need a sense of humor.
But you're about as funny as a desmoplastic tumor."
My brother sat in silence while I paused for him to speak
As I watched and waited there, one tear run down his cheek.
For a moment then I felt such shame - how dejected he appeared!
But then at last his face lit up and all his sadness disappeared.
"I guess I have no talent," he said, "no skills or aptitude
This fact could get me down, but instead I shall conclude:
Though I'm useless as an outbreak of the worst pandemic flu,
At least I know, if all else fails, I can always be like you."
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Comments
Katie
Nov 16, 2007 | LOL! Great! :-)
BTW, you missed an "r" in the first "astronaut".
~Posted by Katie, Nov 16, 2007 |
Rabbit Stu
Nov 16, 2007 | Thanks! Maybe I should leave it and see if that misspelling attracts as many searchers as "rhinonceros". :D
~Posted by Rabbit Stu, Nov 16, 2007 | 
Josiah T.
Nov 16, 2007 | Funny! :-D
~Posted by Josiah T., Nov 16, 2007 | 
Laura
Nov 18, 2007 | Haha, I like this a lot! It sounds like it could be one of those rhyming children's books, only it's so much funnier than those ;-)
~Posted by Laura, Nov 18, 2007 |
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