My Robot’s Misbehaving
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
My robot’s misbehaving.
It won’t do as I say.
It will not dust the furniture
or put my toys away.
My robot never helps me
with homework or my chores.
It doesn’t do my laundry
and neglects to clean my floors.
It claims it can’t cook dinner.
It never makes my bed.
No matter what I ask of it,
it simply shakes its head.
My robot must be broken.
I’ll need to get another.
Until that day, I have to say,
I’m glad I have my mother.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Poems about Friends and Family, Science and Technology Poems
Poetic Techniques: Descriptive Poems, List Poems, Repetition
Word Count: 91
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
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