I COULD HAVE BEEN THE FARMER
The students and the parents
have been seated in the gym.
The curtains will be opening.
The lights are turning dim.
My class has done so many plays
it could be called a habit.
Today's the day we're putting on
The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
I could have been the handsome prince
or any other fella.
Instead I was the pumpkin
when my class did Cinderella.
And later, Johnny Appleseed
was who I thought I'd be.
But Hector played the hero,
and I played the apple tree.
I thought I'd be the giant
who was chasing after Jack.
Instead I played the beanstalk
with the giant on my back.
But Peter Rabbit's story
has me going rather crazy.
I could have been the farmer,
but they've dressed me as a daisy!
--Eric Ode
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