The Problem (12/11/2001)

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By Abbie Drozek, age 11 y/o

 

There is a great big problem in our home.

There are creatures popping up from places unknown.

 

Lots of different kinds of critters scurrying around,

On the ceilings, and the counters, on the walls, and on the ground.

There are cockroaches, centipedes, even a snake!

Ants in the sink, for goodness sake!

 

Yes ,There is a great big problem in our home,

For there are creatures popping up from places unknown.

 

A few weeks ago there was a larger problem.

There was an anteater in our tree; all black and golden.

It's tail was like a monkey's and it smelled like a skunk.

But when we had come back from swimming, away it had slunk.

 

There are also lots of little crabs that scurry here and there.

They are light brown and tan, and haven't any hair.

 

Yes, there's a great big problem in our home,

There are creatures popping up from places unknown.

 

Last week the exterminator came and sprayed around;

In the yard, in the house, and in the septic tank on the ground.

The exterminators went all over with gas guns buzzin'

And out of the septic tank came cockroaches by the dozen.

 

Yes, there's a great big problem in our home,

There are creatures popping up from places unknown.

 

An iguana fell through our ceiling on April Fools' Day.

When we told our mother she thought it was a joke and said, "No Way!"

But when she came with us to see, she saw it was no joke.

The iguana was right there, just as we had spoke.

 

One day we were swimming by the waterfall.

There was a large tarantula in the way on the wall.

Adam saw only one.  I saw another, and Daddy saw him too.

Adam, staying away from number one, got very close to number two.

 

Yes, there's a great big problem in our home and all around,

There are creatures popping up from the walls and from the ground.

 

One day as we were sitting at the table,

I cried, "There's a snake!" and it was no fable!

Mommy tried to sweep it out the house,

But into a hole it shot, like a mouse.

We feared it would come back out all day and through the night.

When Daddy got back home he caulked the hole up tight.

 

Yes, there's a great big problem in our home,

There are creatures popping up from places unknown.

 

One day when we were riding home on the coast.

We were talking about what things we feared the most.

Mommy said a tarantula was what she most feared,

And when we got home, right there one appeared!

 

Tarantulas, cockroaches, centipedes, a snake,

Lizards and ants; For goodness sake!

 

Yes, there's a great big problem in our home,

There are creatures popping up from places unknown.

 

By A.A.D

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