Student Poem of the Month — September 2004
 

 
How to Get out of Homework   © by   Kyle Muncy

I was at a meeting,
You didn’t give me that,
My dog ate it,
I was sick,
I forgot my bookbag on the bus,
I got stuck in a castle
With no way out except for
The key that unlocked the door
That I was sitting on,
I was being chased by a killer,
I ate 900 chicken legs and got sick,
I was stuck under the covers
Sleeping.

Previously published in the North Carolina Poetry Society's
Pinesong: Awards 2004. Used with permission of the Poet.
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