Today

So I am at the end of my 1994 folder and I was looking through all the poems from my next folder and I came across this poem I wrote when I was in 8th grade.  Apparently, I entered it into a contest.  I don't think it won anything, but it's pretty cute.
So here's a poem I wrote when I was 13:

Today

Today my little sister said,

"Melissa, I am a lion and

I'm going to eat you

For my dinner! Ha ha ha!"

"Oh, no!" I cried. "Help me!

Save me! Ah, but wait!

I am an eagle and I will fly away!

So then you will not eat me!

No, not today!"

"Now I am an airplane,"

My little sister said.

"I will run into you 

And then you will fall!

Then I will be a lion and

Then I will eat you for my dinner."

"Oh, yeah!  Well, now I am a dolphin!

And I will swim away!

Then you will not eat me!

No, not today!"

"Then I will be a shark!

I will find you,

Then I will eat you for my dinner!"

"Then I will be a gila monster!

They live in the desert.

They are poisonous and

They bite people!

So now you will not eat me!

No, not today!"

"Then I will be a dragon.

I will burn you and cook you!

Then, I will eat you!

Yes, today!"

"Okay!  I give up!

You win!

Today, you will eat me!

Yes, today!"

What an imagination

My little sister has

For as you can see,

I've been had!

(1993 - or it could have been 1992 depending on the time of year.  Who knows really.)