My Mirror Likes to Argue
From the book My Dog Likes to Disco
My mirror likes to argue.
He likes to fight and feud.
He often disagrees with me.
He’s regularly rude.
He’s fond of making faces.
He loves to sneer and scowl.
And, if I scream and shout at him,
he’ll holler, hoot, and howl.
I wish I’d never met him.
I wish he’d go away.
I wish I didn’t chance upon him
several times a day.
I think perhaps the next time
he starts to disagree,
I’ll smile at him to see if maybe
he’ll be nice to me.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 2
Topics: Wacky Weirdness
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Descriptive Poems, Irony, Repetition
From the book My Dog Likes to Disco
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