My Brother Just Eats Candy
From the book My Dog Likes to Disco
My brother just eats candy
and my sister just eats cakes.
The only thing my mother likes
are double-chocolate shakes.
My dad devours danishes
and donuts by the dozen.
My aunt and uncle live on pie
exactly like my cousin.
My grandpa and my grandma
just drink soda pop and punch.
My nephew and my niece
eat cookies every day for lunch.
And me, I’ll dine on any kind
of sugar-covered treat.
My family isn’t healthy, but
we sure are awfully sweet.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 3
Topics: Food Poems, Health, Poems about Friends and Family
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Descriptive Poems
Word Count: 87
From the book My Dog Likes to Disco
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