If People Were...

• Ava Govanstone, Grade 10, Portland Secondary College
• Poetry
• 2014

Excellence Award in the 'The Text Generation 2014' competition

If people were shoes, you’d be Prada,
If people were ships; you’d be an armada,
If people were Muppets, you’d be beaker,
If I was Doctor Suess, you’d be the trisyllabic meter.

If people were programs, you’d be Microsoft word,
if people were theatre styles, you’d be theatre of the absurd,
If people were makeup, you’d be red lipstick,
If I was a crossword, you’d be the cryptic.

If people were poetry, you’d be A Dream Within A Dream,
If people were portraits, you’d be the scream,
If people were words, you’d be an adverb,
If I was a meal, you’d be the herb.

If people were cars, you’d be a rolls Royce,
If people were talent shows, you’d be the voice,
if people were movies, you’d be a box office smash,
If I was a camera, you’d be the flash.