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Childhood is supposed to be a time of innocence, a time when it is OK to be naive So maybe I was duped into thinking I was hearing sweet children's tales and adorable nursery rhymes, some sung in a song Was I really? Now I realize   they were all strangely scary or violent in nature Let me give you a rundown: The mother sings to soothe her baby Visions of its cradle resting on the treetops (Huh?) A broken bough and it hits the pavement Splat! Pleasant dreams! Let's not forget the Pied Piper He lured children in with his music and they disappeared from town A serial killer! Jack and Jill needed water They headed up the incline but tumbled back down They nearly ended up in the hospital! Peter, Peter, the guy who loved to eat pumpkins   stuffed his wife in a pumpkin's shell Wife abuser! The old woman who bore a ton of babies found a home in some ***** old shoe After she practically starved them she gave them a whipping! This is more sad than scary... Another poor, old lady looks in her cupboard seeking a meager bone for her dog but had not one crumb to find (she probably ate his dog bones) Ring around the rosie, a possible urban legend, had little tots falling to the ground and singing of ashes as everyone around them died from the plague! And when it rains it pours A poor, old guy needs a nap but gets a bump on the head and remains unconscious! London bridge was falling down How come that happened? Did someone blow it up?!   A destructive depiction! How about that blackbird pie Those birds were baked alive! One bird got his revenge and bit off someone's nose! Three blind mice endured a needless amputation Wasn't it bad enough they were visually impaired? Now a farmer's wife had to chop off their tails! Somebody tell me that one is uplifting! The cobbler's bench was a scene of mayhem The monkey tried to get that weasel So he could crack his head like a coconut Pop! Who the hell thought this one up? A nursery rhyme that will leave children crying! A poor, little ladybug! Her kids gone and her house on fire! And they say that TV is full of bad messages?
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Aug 11, 2010
Aug 11, 2010 at 5:03 PM UTC
And They Say That TV is a Full of Bad Messages
Childhood is supposed to be a time of innocence, a time when it is OK to be naive So maybe I was duped into thinking I was hearing sweet children's tales and adorable nursery rhymes, some sung in a song Was I really? Now I realize   they were all strangely scary or violent in nature Let me give you a rundown: The mother sings to soothe her baby Visions of its cradle resting on the treetops (Huh?) A broken bough and it hits the pavement Splat! Pleasant dreams! Let's not forget the Pied Piper He lured children in with his music and they disappeared from town A serial killer! Jack and Jill needed water They headed up the incline but tumbled back down They nearly ended up in the hospital! Peter, Peter, the guy who loved to eat pumpkins   stuffed his wife in a pumpkin's shell Wife abuser! The old woman who bore a ton of babies found a home in some ***** old shoe After she practically starved them she gave them a whipping! This is more sad than scary... Another poor, old lady looks in her cupboard seeking a meager bone for her dog but had not one crumb to find (she probably ate his dog bones) Ring around the rosie, a possible urban legend, had little tots falling to the ground and singing of ashes as everyone around them died from the plague! And when it rains it pours A poor, old guy needs a nap but gets a bump on the head and remains unconscious! London bridge was falling down How come that happened? Did someone blow it up?!   A destructive depiction! How about that blackbird pie Those birds were baked alive! One bird got his revenge and bit off someone's nose! Three blind mice endured a needless amputation Wasn't it bad enough they were visually impaired? Now a farmer's wife had to chop off their tails! Somebody tell me that one is uplifting! The cobbler's bench was a scene of mayhem The monkey tried to get that weasel So he could crack his head like a coconut Pop! Who the hell thought this one up? A nursery rhyme that will leave children crying! A poor, little ladybug! Her kids gone and her house on fire! And they say that TV is full of bad messages?
dorothy-anderson
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Aug 11, 2010
Aug 11, 2010 at 5:03 PM UTC
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