Homework Excuse 17

Ever had horrible luck with getting your homework to school without the dog or your baby brother eating it?

This is from your student who sits at table three.
I’m kind of short with glasses and like to talk – that’s me!
The purpose of this note is to tell the tragic plot
of how my homework was devoured by my little rabbit Spot.

It would have all been fine on Tuesday afternoon.
My snack and soda eaten, if I hadn't heard a BOOM
and left my desk unguarded for maybe half an hour
to investigate the noise, 'cuz then my desk lamp lost its power.

I went to find a bulb, then remembered it was four
and my favorite show was starting so I closed my bedroom door
and forgot about the BOOM until my show came to an end.
Then mom called me to dinner; mashed potatoes and chicken!
After that my stomach full I went back to my books.
But thought about that noise so returned to have a look. 
Get ready because your eyes will roll, your head’ll probably shake:
My rabbit’s cage tipped over and my rabbit had escaped!

I worried sick about him and where he might still be.
Cold and hungry. Lost. And my responsibility!
(My brother had him last week locked up in his room.
If I hadn’t found him when I did Spot might have met his doom!
‘Cuz my brother’s crazy!) Anyway, I looked and looked and when
I opened up my bedroom door I found where Spot had been!
There atop my desk under my warm new light-bulbed lamp
he sat amongst my homework that now was brown and damp!

And in my defense, he was starved! ‘Cuz he ate my finished math!

If I hadn't found him Teacher, it could have been his deathbed.
Spot was sick for hours! What if it was Language Arts instead?
So, after that it was time for bed; I’m forced to go at 9.
My mom didn't seem as worried, but Spot is now just fine.
I saved his life, you know, if you look at it that way.
But now I'm victimized as I sit in class today.
‘Cuz my rabbit ate my homework, and on some he pooped and wet.
So could you please believe my story? It’s by far the best one yet!

Reviews

[Michael X]

Humorous, and well crafted, really well thought out rhyme form, keeps the readers thoughts
flowing right along, the misadventures of homework, this is delightfully whimsical, creatively
colorful, zealously imagined, I found myself taken to the moment, lost in the adventure of
it all, makes the reader feel like a kid again, and thats a quality in itself, the way you were
able to devise the scenrio hits the funny bone repeatedly, kim, this is a fun, and funny to
partake in, that is a wild excuse! surrendered with blissful intention, Excellent character rendering, mike