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 Messy Work L

By Steffani H. Gilligan

I like my work nice and neat.

But it's always such a mess.

Smeared pencil in the margin,

Down my sleeve and on my dress.

 

I practice and I practice.

I try very hard, I do.

You can’t read my writing,

But I can read it to you.

 

I don’t think I can help it.

It must be how I was made.

My handwriting has been messy,

Ever since I was in third grade.

 

And, I will keep on trying.

I must learn to get it right.

But if it isn’t neater very soon,

I just might begin to type.

 

  

 

 

Steffani H. Gilligan - The Poetry Teacher
Copyright 2006, Last Update 08/09/2007