I Thought it Was a Basketball
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
I thought it was a basketball.
Instead it was a globe.
What should have been a scooter
was pajamas and a robe.
The box I thought had race cars
or a new computer game,
turned out to be a sweater
and an empty picture frame.
The drum set that I asked you for
turned out to be a desk,
and all the other gifts I got
were equally grotesque.
So when you’re finished with your rounds
if you have time enough,
dear Santa, please come back;
you gave me someone else’s stuff!
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 4
Topics: Christmas, Holiday Poems
Word Count: 98
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
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