Older Poems from the Pen of Olan L. Smith

Cotton and Green Potato Fuzz

©2012, Olan L. Smith

(March 2, 2012, Dr Seuss, Facebook/Twitter Challenge)

I is Cotton, I is I is

And white hair I have, it was it is

That Cotton I is that Cotton I was

I am Cotton with Cotton colored hair; I is I was.

I do not like that! Cotton I is I was.

I do not like green potatoes with fuzz?

They make me sick! Do you give a frick?

'Cause they make me sick

I do not like them one bit you twit.

Would you like them in your cotton colored hair

would you buy them at the fair?

I would not eat them at your eldercare

Where would you not eat them; I dare to swear

I would not eat them if they came from the air

Or stuck in your cotton candied hair:

And I would not eat them anywhere near my elders; I care.

I would not eat them here or where?

I would not eat them Cotton I Is I was!

I would not eat green potato fuzz.

I would not eat them splattered on the clock

I would not eat them walking around the block

I would not eat them from a crock

Or even if you beat them with a rock.

I would not eat them here or there

I would not eat them Cotton I Is I was

I would not eat green potatoes with fuzz.

My dear Cotton I is I was.