A Bad Day Outside

• Laura Crosby, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2008

I've got sand in my shoes,
Which I think I am going to lose
'Cause I've fallen down a slope
And I need a piece of rope.
Off my feet come my jocks
And what next? Of course my socks.
But just wait there is more
Someone's knocking at my door.
If they see me what will they think?
'There's a boy going pink'
Could this day get any worse?
It just did, this must be a curse!
The next door neighbour
Isn't my saviour
Mrs Merclee
Is smirking at me.