A fascinating glimpse into my 11 year old mind

I came across a book of poetry that I had written in 5th grade last night as Devin and I were just sitting around. So I thought it would be fun to read some of my fabulous work aloud. It did not take me long to realize that I was nothing short of bizarre! Where these thoughts came from, I have no idea. Please, allow me to share.

Tape

by Kim

Tape feels like glue, stuck to a new book

It smells like freshly made sticks of rubber

When tape rips, it sounds like my brother Michael when he whistles really loud

Tape tastes like rusty rootbeer because the rootbeer is two months old!

(and then I drew a nice picture of a roll of tape)

Self Portrait

by Kim

My hair feels like a bumpy, rocky road

My eyes look like the earth moving around

My ears are snails sticking onto our round aquariums

My nose is like a slide, when you get to the bottom you land in a gutter

My heart holds hapiness* that is red as lipstick

I live in a pencil and eat eraser dust

*spelling original

My Mom

by Kim

My mom is nice

and she will help me do my work

my mom helps me feel better

when someone is acting like a jerk

My mom also likes to sew

and she will sew me lots of things

she likes to bike, make crafts, and talk

but she never sings

But, my mom can also get very mad

when I hurry through my jobs

and do them really bad

she makes me go back and get all the knobs

My mom also like* being around her family

and that's just fine with me

becuase I like being around them just as much

cause with them we are full of glee

But, I love my mom

She is really cool

We do fun things

and believe me, she is no fool!

*Original grammar

(And the winner of the most bizarre....)

If I were A...

By Kim

If I were a tube of chapstick

I'd eat small potatoes

I'd be smashed in a smelly pocket

and always be compared to ugly, grubby fingers

I'd wait to be mailed to all the cutsie little granny's

who live in Idaho

'cause then instead of small potatoes,

I would get very huge ones!

(then I drew a picture of a tube of chapstick and a potato. The correlation? I have no idea...)

And just for good measure, here is a picture from around that time. Yep, still sitting on Santa's lap with my cousin Che' Lyn. Annual tradition. Of course I am wearing overalls, I pretty much lived in those for years. Don't ask me why.

Well, I think that is enough exposure to my weirdness for one day.