Today I Touched the Buffalobster
From the book The Tighty-Whitey Spider
Today I touched the buffalobster
and the goldfishark,
the eagleopard, ocelotter,
and the weaselark.
I fed the frogorilla
and I felt the reindeerat.
I prodded the piguana
and I scratched the alpacat.
I gazed at the gazellephant.
I gawked at the gooseal.
I caught the cockroachimpanzeebra
and the bumblebeel.
I pet the parroturtle,
and the pelicangaroo.
It’s freaky, but it’s fun here
at the Mutant Petting Zoo.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2010. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Animal Poems, Wacky Weirdness, Wordplay
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Nonsense Poems, Wordplay
Word Count: 72
From the book The Tighty-Whitey Spider
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