a strange bird of great color swooped down
too close to my head - i fell to the ground
the loud vicious dog growled when i looked
and in his mouth he was holding a book

the child handed me the string to his kite
while i still was worrying of the dog and his bite
whatever you do, he said, don’t let it fly
but it slipped from my hand and i didn’t know why

the lion looked strange sitting on that slide
he smiled real big and asked for a ride
he climbed in my car then changed the station
to a farmers talk show about irrigation

i looked to the sky it’s yellow-orange hue
this is all too bizarre but what can i do
a man with a gun was running along side
eating his green eggs that he had fried

i let out the lion at his friend’s the clown
a giraffe was on the grill spinning around
with fear i looked on and wondered what harm
would befall until i heard the alarm