Revenge of the Lunch Ladies
(sing to the tune of "Animal Fair")
From the book Revenge of the Lunch Ladies
I went to the lunchroom, and there,
last week on a double dare,
I said the meat was too gross to eat
and smelled like my underwear.
I shouldn’t have been rude
by making such fun of the food,
for though they were riled,
the lunch ladies smiled,
and said I had started a feud.
Today when I went there to eat,
they served up some monkey meat.
I ran out quick when I nearly got sick,
but then I went back to my seat.
The lunchroom ladies sighed
to see that I practically cried,
then served up a hunk of
barbecued skunk,
and that was the reason I died.
I died! I died! I died!
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2007. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 4
Topics: Food Poems, School Poems, Super Silly Songs
Poetic Techniques: Imagery, Narrative Poems, Rhythm
From the book Revenge of the Lunch Ladies
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