Poetry

Somebody once told me
“You wanna see a movie?
There’s a new one and it’s called Shrek.”
I thought it looked a little dumb and I said that to my mum
she said “it’s the movie or you’re going to bed.”
WELL, we get in the car and then we start driving
Pull up to the theater and then I start wonderin’
Didn’t make sense for it to not be fun
It didn’t look smart but it didn’t look dumb
Y’all need to move I gotta see
Just what this movie could be
I’ll never know if I don’t go
C’mon let’s start the show
My god, it’s amazing, I love this movie, no way
Dear lord, I loved it, gotta get its DVD
Every joke here is gold
All this greatness I cannot hold
So we get home, and I say to my mother
Don’t tuck me in, not under my covers
We need to talk about Farquaad
And how he got Shrek to go get Fiona
The dragon scene was looking really sweet
It had me on the edge of my seat
You think tomorrow, we’ll go to the store?
I need some more Shrek galore
The next day, at Walmart, I got some Shrek themed PJs
And the next day, at Shoprite, I got Shrek mac n cheese
I had my whole room painted green
Everything I own is Shrek themed
Somebody once asked
Do you want to skip your nap
I heard there’s something new down at the movies
I said yup! What a concept! I could use a little break myself
And I could always go for a film
WELL we get to the movies and the movie’s Shrek II
I start crying don’t know what to do
It didn’t make sense to have more that one
The first one was fine what could they have done
Go in to view, go in to see
Just what this movie could be
I really wish I didn’t know
How many minds this could blow!
Hey now, I’m a Shrek fan, I know everything Shrek says
Hey now, I love Shrek, I could watch this movie for days
And next year I start first grade
I wonder how many Shrek friends I will make