I Swept the Dog
I swept the dog.
I pet the floor.
I shut a bath.
I took the door.
I washed my bed.
I made a dish.
I fed my room.
I cleaned my fish.
I hung my shoe.
I tied my shirt.
I wiped a book.
I read some dirt.
I drank this poem.
I wrote a cup.
It seems, today,
I’m all mixed up.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Wacky Weirdness, Wordplay
Poetic Techniques: Narrative Poems, Nonsense Poems, Wordplay
Word Count: 67
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