What Did You Do at School Today? - James Carter

Poem Title: What did you do at school today?

Author : James Carter

Source : Journey To The Centre Of My Brain!

What did you do at school today?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Well, nothing much.

You did nothing much all day long?

Well... alright Mum, if you really want to know,

I had four lessons

and forty-five minutes of playtime

in which I went around with three friends

For lunch I had twenty-two baked beans,

two and a half fishfingers, a quarter of a bread roll

and one banana.

I feed Nibbles, the class hamster,

two sunflower seeds,

I wrote 1 poem.

I got seven out of ten for a spelling test.

I did sixteen fairly tricky maths questions.

And... I learnt 5 very interesting things

About the Ancient Egyptians, including

how they used to remove the brains

of their dead with a hook - MUM ...

DO YOU EVER LISTEN TO A WORD I SAY?

Oh sorry darling, what was that?

I said I removed my teacher's brain today!

What? Oh well done, you!

What would you like for tea?