Sometimes when I'm special naughty In some bran'-new way, An' my sister an' the nurse Only get me actin' worse, Daddy's told, an' when I'm caught, he Asks what I've to say. Daddy has some special uses For a slipper he Keeps upon his study shelf, So I start to 'scuse myself, An' I think up lots of 'scuses Quickly as can be! Daddy coughs, an' then confesses That sometimes he does P'raps misjudge me by mistake, Then he gives my hand a shake. (But I sometimes think he guesses Just how bad I was!) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARSHALL WASHER by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE BIRTH OF VENUS by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE LOON ON FORRESTER'S POND by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE WAR THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK by JAMES GALVIN ROMANCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: PENNIWIT, THE ARTIST by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |