OH, IT is nice to lie in bed With a fat pillow for my head And ironed sheets, so straight and white, And little flickery bits of light Chased by long shadows on the wall, Like goblin children playing ball! I have such nice thinks in my head, The thinks I save to think in bed, Curious things!—like knights and kings And magic birds with golden wings, White cats that talk instead of purr— A Princess, too—@3and I am her!@1 But when night brings another day And breakfast comes and school and play— I can't feel sure about that cat, And kings wear black coats and a hat, While I am just a little girl With straight, brown hair that will not curl! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RHINOCEROS by HILAIRE BELLOC ABOVE HALF MOON by JAMES GALVIN DELUSION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SAVORING THE PAST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE BLACK MONKEY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD A LETTER TO A POLICEMAN IN KANSAS CITY by KENNETH PATCHEN |