A Dangerous Place! (For Children) Poem by Ray Lucero

Roses are yellow,
Belladonna is red
Prickly thorns 'n poison,
Can make me real dead

Kitties are scratchy,
Bite when they want
Bees when angry,
sharp stingers do flaunt

Snakes like to wiggle,
Make my skin crawl,
Their rattling tails,
Drive me right up a wall

Gator's a-smilin with,
Jagged-toothed jaws,
Lions and tigers,
with long pointy claws

Rhino a-chargin,
With long curving horn
I scamp up a tree,
Sit there forlorn

Yet happy I'm small and
Don't take up much space,
Cuz this world is a spooky,
And dangerous place!

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