CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

When somebody hits me, What have I done

a crowd always cheers. to deserve this cruel fate?
I don’t understand it I’ve gone from just mad
but it brings me to tears. to completely irate!

It thrills people silly I’m battered by bats

to throw me around just to make the crowd shout
and make me go bouncing I am sick of this game
across the hard ground. It’s not safe, I want out!
 HOLDING IT TOGETHER
Hang out in a little hole in the wall.
I’m sharp but I’m also blunt.
And if you drive me home, I promise
I’ll stay there as long as you want.
Although you can easily move me
around, it’s my job to keep things in
place. Lots of stuff would fall down if
I didn’t exist, but luckily, that’s not
the case.
There are plenty of things you can
hang on me, like pictures and clocks
and your coat. There are even more
things you can build on me, like a
house or a chair or a boat.
Sometimes I get a pounding
headache from your hammering
away at me. But I don’t get mad. If I
did you would see- I’d be fighting you
tooth and me.
 FITTING IN

I fit inside your doors just right Which makes me feel real special,
Wherever you reside Like I am one of a kind
But put me in your neighbor’s door Of course, sometimes folk copy me
And you’ll still be outside In case I am hard to find.

There’s just one hole that I fit in I share a ring with others
Made especially for me Of my type; I’m rarely single but
There’s just one door, one safe that’s okay ‘ cause when we touch
One skate and one locked diary each other, then we jingle.
THE COLD, HARD FACTS

Sometimes I’m very square When kids fall down in football

And sometimes I’m very hard I make sure their wounds don’t swell
But heat me up and soon And when someone has a bloody lip
I’ve melted like a tub of lard. I comfort them as well.

I look excellent in glasses, You can eat me when I’m solid

I look lovely in a tray You can drink me when I’m not
And with me inside your cooler And although I suffer freezer burn,
You can picnic all darn day. I’m not what you call hot.
 POWER HUNGRY

Without me and my energy, Your tape recorder wouldn’t keep

Your radio wouldn’t play A word that you had said
Your flashlight would be useless Your parents’ car would never start
It could never light the way. (just like when I play dead)

Many of your favorite toys I don’t usually like to gamble,

Would sit there like a rock But I would bet big money,
And you’d never know what time it That without me there would not
is without me in your clock. have been an energizer bunny.
 RAISED RIGHT

You often see me waving Watch over this great land,

But not “hi” or “goodbye” The Pearl of the Orient Seas
You often see me flying I am its national symbol
But I’m not free in the sky and never will it fall.

I have many strange designs When people do my ceremony

But the one I like the best They put their hand over their heart
Has sun, stars and stripes, red and Then they pledge allegiance to me,
blue much nicer than the rest. Wow, Filipinos are smart!
 THE “DATING” SCENE
You can sit me on a desk
Or you can hang me on a wall
Sometimes I’m big and colorful,
Sometimes I’m plain and small.
People always want to change me
I get flipped and ripped a lot
Just ‘cause I keep such good track
Of appointments that they’ve got.
But though my days are numbered
my future’s not so bleak
Some things I can count on to never
change like my months and my days
of the week.
My popularity has always been
A subject of many debates because
no matter how good or bad I look, I
always have hundreds of dates.
 SITTING PRETTY

I am very important My soft, fluffy cushions

And I’m very excited! Are often admired
I am in love with myself And my curvy, sleek back
And I don’t plan to hide it. Is just right when you’re tired.

I’ve got beautiful legs I’ve been dripped on and spilled on

And such lovely, strong arms And chewed by a mouse
Nobody’s behind But I’ll still always be
Is immune to my charms. The best seat in the house!