My Parents Both Are Humans
From the book The Elephant Repairman
My parents both are humans
which explains the reason why
I can’t breathe underwater,
and I never learned to fly.
I can’t run like a cheetah, and
I can’t sting like a bee.
I can’t swing through the jungle
on a vine from tree to tree.
I have no shell for shelter
like a turtle or a snail.
I can’t squirt water from a trunk
or grab things with a tail.
Because my mom’s a human
and my dad’s a human too
I can’t do all the awesome things
that other creatures do.
I have to do what humans do
instead of stuff that’s cool.
My parents both are humans
so I have to go to school.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 4
Topics: Animal Poems, Poems about Friends and Family, School Poems
Poetic Techniques: List Poems, Lyric & Dramatic Poems, Repetition
From the book The Elephant Repairman
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