Once Upon A Time

• Jennifer Filios , Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2016

Once upon a time the world was blue. No!
Once upon a time the world was NEW, not blue,
Not who, not blue, not hue.
Why was the world new?
Because it was a shoe!
A shoe, a shoe, A SHOE!
Bless me!
The shoe was new and the shoe was blue!
I know I said it wasn't blue,
But what are you gonna do?
Do you think it's an issue?
Dear me, I think so Lou,
Says Mrs. McGregor from the goo.
The goo, you cry!
The goo, the goo!
What is Mrs. McGregor doing in the goo?
Doing a *bleep*