written by Tim Labonte

Here's my poem
'Bout how I survived
A snowy winter
Of 1985

I went out in the snow
To build a man
I kinda goofed up
So it looked like pan

My mom was mad
She kicked me out
I made her a pan
She made me a shout

I know it would be hard
Just to survive
But it's because of Girl Scouts
That kept me alive

It's a good thing I brought
My handy Daisy knife
Ummm...... dada, dada, dada....
Something that rhymes with knife...

I took the knife
I cut down a tree
It was neat
I was filled with glee

After a week
I made a house
I found a friend
He's Fred, the Mouse!

We tell secrets
Food, we make
We're such good friends
We have a secret handshake

But one day
Something bad happened
Fred, the mouse,
Looked like pig vomit

It wasn't good
It's very sad
But this is the exact story
Of what happened to Fred:

I brought home some acorns
To eat for lunch
When I stepped in the house
I heard a loud crunch

I stood still
Then I looked under my shoe
Then I noticed
It was Fred I've just killed

Poor Friend
He was a nice guy
But now he's in mouse heaven
Up in the sky

Well that's the sad part
Of my tale
But let's continue
Till when I found a pail...

Well, I found a pail
Deep in the woods
When I picked it up
It had food!

Twinkies and cupcakes
And Devil Dogs
Cookies and biscuits
And chicken galore!

But when I looked to the left
I saw a moose
And right beside it
There was a goose

They looked kinda different
They looked at me
Then in noticed something...
They were purple and green!

They charged right at me
All the green and purple
Then they gave me
A purple nurple

I never felt
So much pain in my life
Well.... yes I did
But not in that place

The pain never left
It just stayed and stayed
So I went to the hospital
To get operAted

After three months
All of recovery
I went back home
And watched Discovery

I then went to Wal*Mart
I bought a gun
Payback to the moose and goose
Has not yet begun

I walked around
Where I found my pail
Then all of a sudden
I heard a strange wail

It was the moose
Aside with the goose
They actually came!
Now they're my game

I set my sniper on a log
With the close-up maker on
Then all of a sudden there was fog
Then the moose and goose were gone

Then after a while
Something tapped my shoulder
It was Fred!
He came back from the dead!!!

We went to our house
To catch up on things
All the stories
We had to bring

Then came the story
About the moose
And beside it
With the goose

I told how they made me
Have surgery
Then we had some Ovaltine
And watched Discovery

Then came the next day
We went to the site
Where I found the pail
Then I heard a bite

I looked to the left
Where Fred stood
And chewing
There then was the moose

"You ate Fred!"
I cried and cried
"You little dip
Ate Fred alive!"

I charged at the moose
Rammed him with my head
I got him so hard
No he lay dead. ( I also slipped and fell on the goose and it died, too...)

Well that's the end
Of my tale
Next time,
I might tell you about Ned, the whale

But wait! there's more!
Something in store!
Wait! Just kidding
I don't want you to get bored

Hope you enjoyed my epic
Head to feet
I think it's better than Homer
That's for keep (hahahaha... yeah.)
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