Poetry Club

Buster
Time for poetry club.

Francine
My dad took me to a hockey game
I got hit on the head by a puck
I yelled out — Ow! My head! Ow!
Call an ambulance! Ouch! Ow!
Oh, brother, this hurts!
Put ice on it!
It's gonna swell!
I got a big old purple lump on my head
And used it for show and tell.

Buster
These are the things that make me nauseous
Gloopy green gloop that drips from faucets
Blue hair that grows on slices of bread
When your big old dog drools in your bed.
When a dirty sock drops on your face, P.U.
When your friend's baby sister starts to spew
Half a worm in the apple you bit
Finding a human bone in your jello
Blowing nose-slime green and yellow
And people who eat creamed corn with their
mouths open so you can see it.
The end.

Arthur ("Jimmy in the City")
Jimmy was a happy ape until some hunters caught him
He liked the jungle better than the city where they brought him
The city was louder; the city was meaner
Even the dirt in the jungle was cleaner
So Jimmy made a daring escape
The hunters were suddenly minus one ape
He climbed the tallest building
Because from there he'd see
How far away the jungle was
From the middle of the city
Jimmy jumped into a passing plane
But the pilot didn't wait for him to explain
Jimmy flew back to the jungle and told his ape
friends in their lair
"The city's okay for a visit,
but you couldn't make me live there."

D.W.
Wacky, goofy, goony, screwy
Absolutely busalooey

Arthur
Hold it! Did you say "busalooey"?
D.W.
You're interrupting my poem.
Arthur
There's no such word... except in that song!
D.W.
You didn't say I couldn't read it. You just said...
Arthur
No "Crazy Bus"!