Oh, Those Many I Haves

Oh, those many I haves, give me smiles

I have oodles and oodles

Of so many pleasant things in piles

I even have two huge poodles

I have a big T.V. screen

With a huge satellite

It’s the biggest you’ve ever seen

And I watch it all day and all night

My loud stereo

Is as loud as it can go

How annoyed was my brother

With a pillow, his ears he did smother

Today is my birthday

I knew I would get it my way

A new video game is what I wanted to play

And that my friends would be able to stay

Clicking buttons and pressing a lever

It could have lasted all night

I’d have to say my parents are quite clever

To serve me a pizza slice when I wanted a bite

I was sad to see

But my friends had to leave

It’s O.K. I really had to pee

My nose ran but I wiped it on my sleeve

The glow of the computer caught my attention

When I looked

I was shocked

So many messages and no one gave a mention

Bobby, Suzie, Cindy and Mike

Had sent messages wondering where was I

Suzie had gotten a new bike

Bobby got a bigger T.V. than I

What was this I thought

It was my birthday.  It’s not fair

I couldn’t believe what their parents had bought

I knew I just couldn’t compare

The next day at school

My teacher passed back a paper

My mouth hung so low I thought I would drool

She looked at me with a “Grrr!” instead of a purr

I couldn’t believe the grade was an F

Apparently TTYL and TGIF

Weren’t what you would call a word

My Mom would sure have a bird

The letters I used on my cell phone

Never made words at all

Oh how my Mom would moan

I hoped my teacher wouldn’t make a call

When I arrived home in the afternoon

I knew I had at least an hour

Before my Mom would call me a buffoon

She was at the bakery kneading flour

I went straight for my T.V.

But found out there was no power

No electricity

No stereo, might as well stare at a flower

I was bored to tears

I didn’t know what to do

Pretty soon my worst fears

Oh, when’s my next paper due

There was a bike, I just realized

Covered in cob webs, it had never been used

I dusted it off and off I went

My legs burned with every turn

Man, I was spent

Less work, my muscles did yurn

Then there was Bobby, Suzie, Cindy and Mike

Each riding on a dusty old bike

Except for Suzie who had one brand new

For her birthday she got a canoe

Suzie had no T.V. No stereo

Her parents didn’t believe in the mumbo-jumbo

Hiking in nature was where it was at

I can say the same about where Suzie and I sat

She held my hand and said

Look at all I have got

Down to the pond she had me led

Water, trees, birds, and hills what a lot

All around spinning was my tired head

Even better was the kiss that I just got

Before I knew it, it was dinner time

Time to face my fears

I’d rather suck on a lime

I hoped it wouldn’t bring me to tears

My Mom was at the door waiting

One hand on her hip

And her mouth was frowning

Then she pointed with her finger tip

My teacher had called

Now, I was doomed

My Mom said how important was school

So forget about T.V. and don’t be a fool

I learned a my lesson that day

It’s not about the I haves, No way

It’s about parents that care

And education that’s fair

Or maybe it’s about Suzie and nature

All I know is I’m in love and only 10    

I just can’t wait to kiss her

Again!