This Kid

I had a request to post this poem that David John wrote last year in protest of being asked to write a poem. It's entitled, "This Poem". Enjoy.

This poem
I'm writing it for an assignment
I'd rather not
But it's what I've got
And I cannot decline it
I'm wasting my time
To make up this rhyme
Now it's finally through
I cannot continue
But I have to fill up the lines
With even more rhymes
I will write random words
Like a bat ate a bird
Now just one more line
I'm done now it's fine.

Not too shabby for a second-grader, eh? This kid. He makes us laugh. He makes us cry. He makes us crazy. He makes us proud.