Bad Homework

photo of Joe, a.k.a. Sophie by Susan Pittman

My homework was bad.

It was long and hard too.

But I’d heard people talk.

So I knew what to do.

I found my dog Joe

I showed him the stuff.

“Here, Joe!” I said.

But all Joe said was “Ruff?”

I crumpled the pages.

“Fetch!” I told Joe.

But he sat by my feet

Drooling, “Where did it go?”

I tore it to shreds.

I mixed it with stew.

I filled up his bowl.

I said, “Here, boy! For you!”

Joe took a good sniff.

He whined then he beat it.

I had homework so bad,

My dog wouldn’t eat it.

© 2012 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass, all rights reserved