My Brother

• Chloe Zammit, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2017

I heard my mum was having a baby will it be a girl?
I’m hoping maybe I wanted to name it Beth,
but it turned out to be a boy.
So we named him Seth.
He came out long and tall we didn’t know what was in store,
the second they came through the door my family and I were excited,
so we invited some people to come see our new baby boy.
So they all bought him a toy.
After 24 hours it’s time for his first bath,
I don’t know why but to me he looked like a giraffe.
Then his eyes struck at me maybe like come on guys,
you need to change my nappy then you can see me happy.
When it’s time to sleep at 3:00am in the morning you will weep.