A Little Irish Pea

• Ashleigh Allardice, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2007

To be or not to be
Said a little Irish pea
To another little pea
Smaller than he.
Why am I smaller than
Thou?
Because thy haven’t eaten
Their fertiliser.
Oh said he to the little
Irish pea.
I shall stop pestering he
And go and eat my tea.