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Hey World, Here I Am!

Today
Today I will not live up to my potential.
Today I will not relate well to my peer group.
Today I will not contribute in class.
I will not volunteer one thing.
Today I will not strive to do better.
Today I will not achieve or adjust or grow enriched or get involved.
I will not put up my hand even if the teacher is wrong and I can prove it.

Today I might eat the eraser off my pencil.
I'll look at clouds.
I'll be late,
I don't think I'll wash.

I need a rest.

Cartwheels
I can't turn cartwheels. I've tried and tried.
I can start. I can get about halfway...
Then I buckle over somehow and collapse sideways.

I told Mother. Practice, I appreciated it.

I still can't turn cartwheels.

Today's cute poems come from a book titled Hey World, Here I am! by Jean Little . I hope you will enjoy them as much as I have.