I Only Want Ketchup
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
I only want ketchup.
It’s all that I like.
I don’t need a burger.
I don’t need a bike.
I don’t want a tuba,
a truck or a train,
bananas, bandanas,
pianos or rain.
I’ll pass on canasta,
gymnastics and chess.
I don’t need a diamond
a dog or a dress.
I’m fine without fairies,
canaries or figs,
tomatoes, tornadoes,
tortillas and twigs.
I’d give up guitars
and carnations and cheese,
The sparkling stars
and the wind in the trees,
I don’t need a hug
or an afternoon hike.
Just pass me the ketchup.
It’s all that I like.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 2
Topics: Food Poems
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
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