Cutting teeth

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from the ABC set Through the square window

Baby was born hungry
so he ate his mother, chomp!

Then he ate all the animals
and all the trees and

all the mountains, guzzle!
Then he drank all the rivers dry

He ate all the fish in all the seas
all the way to foriegn lands

and ate all their children, crunch! munch!
leaving the tiny bones

sticking up out of the landfill
Then Baby cried, cried

because he was still hungry
and all the world was bare

Until he looked up to the sky
and saw, he wasn't so alone, gurgle!

Then he tottered up on his baby legs
and feasted on the moon

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Comments

celticman | February 20, 2012 - 18:12

and some kids don't even finish their breakfast. Nice one.

ScoZen | February 20, 2012 - 21:30

"...Then he tottered up on his baby legs
and feasted on the moon..."

Ohh, no he didn't!

sue dinum | February 20, 2012 - 21:51

Hi shoe, this was humorously surreal (to me, anyway) and I loved it!

sue

shoe | February 21, 2012 - 14:17

Ha, ha, bad baby!

magicdarer | August 1, 2012 - 12:50

Hmm all could have been solved if he was born to my mother.

Fun poem, made me smile and wished it went on a bit longer.. There is a whole universe out there for him to feed on!

shoe | August 1, 2012 - 19:39

I read something in the paper about mans compulsion to devour the world..or something, so this came about! thanks for dropping by.