If I Had a Dollar
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
If I had a dollar
I know what I’d do;
I’d go to the mall
and I’d spend it on you.
I’d shop for a shoelace,
or maybe a sock,
or maybe a ribbon,
or maybe a rock.
I’d pay for a pickle,
a pear, or a plum.
I’d get you a grape,
or a half-pack of gum.
I’d spring for some string
if the string were on sale.
I’d purchase a pinky-sized
pink plastic pail.
I’d pick up a pencil,
I’d give you a stick.
I’d buy you a bit of
a board or a brick.
I like you, I do,
but I’m sorry to say
you can’t get a lot
for a dollar today.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2013. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 2
Topics: Love Poems, Shopping
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Irony, List Poems
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
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