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Jenny Did the Right Thing
This Will Make You Cry…
Jenny was so happy about the house they had found.
For once in her life ’twas on the right side of town. She unpacked her things
with such great ease. As she watched her new curtains blow in the breeze.
How wonderful it was to have her own room. There’d be sleep-overs, and parties;
she was so happy.
It’s just the way she wanted her life to be.
On the first day of school, everything went great. She made new friends and
even got a date! She thought, “I want to be popular and I’m going to be,
Because I just got a date with the star of the team!”
To be known in this school you had to have a clout, And dating this guy would
surely help her out. There was only one problem stopping her fate. Her parents
had said she was too young to date.
“Well I just won’t tell them the entire truth. They won’t know the difference;
what’s there to lose?” Jenny asked to stay with her friends that night. Her
parents frowned but said, “All right.”
Excited, she got ready for the big event.
But as she rushed around like she had no sense, She began to feel guilty about
all the lies, But what’s a pizza, a party, and a moonlight ride?
Well the pizza was good, and the party was great,
But the moonlight ride would have to wait.
For Jeff was half drunk by this time. But he kissed her and said that he was
just fine. Then the room filled with smoked and Jeff took a puff.
Jenny couldn’t believe he was smoking that stuff.
Now Jeff was ready to ride to the point, But only after he’d smoked another
joint. They jumped in the car for the moonlight ride, Not thinking that he was
too drunk to drive.
They finally made it to the point at last,
And Jeff started trying to make a pass.
A pass is not what Jenny wanted at all (and by a pass, I don’t mean playing
football.) “Perhaps my parents were right… maybe I am too young. Boy, how
could I ever, ever be so dumb.”
With all of her might, she pushed Jeff say away: “Please take me home, I don’t
want to stay.” Jeff cranked up the engine and floored the gas. In a matter of
seconds they were going too fast.
As Jeff drove on in a fit of wild anger, Jenny knew that her life was in
danger.
She begged and pleaded for him to slow down, But he just got faster as they
neared the town. “Just let me get home! I’ll confess that I lied. I really went
out for a moonlight ride.”
Then all of a sudden, she saw a big flash.
“Oh God, Please help us! We’re going to crash!”
She doesn’t remember the force of impact. Just that everything
all of a sudden went black. She felt someone remove her from the twisted
rubble,
And heard, “call an ambulance! These kids are in trouble!” Voices she heard…a
few words at best. But she knew there were two cars involved in the wreck.
Then wondered to herself if Jeff was all right,
And if the people in the other car were alive. She awoke in the hospital to
faces so sad. “You’ve been in a wreck
and it looks pretty bad.” These voices echoed inside her head, As they gently
told her that Jeff was dead.
They said “Jenny, we’ve done all we can do. But it looks as if we’ll lose you
too.” “But the people in the other car!?”
Jenny cried. “We’re sorry, Jenny, they also died.” Jenny prayed, “God, forgive
me for what I’ve done I only wanted to have just one night of fun.”
“Tell those people’s family, I’ve made their lives dim, And wish I could return
their families to them.” “Tell Mom and Dad I’m sorry I lied, And that it’s my
fault so many have died.
Oh, nurse, won’t you please tell them that for me?” The nurse just stood there-
she never agreed. But took Jenny’s hand with tears in her eyes. And a few
moments later Jenny died. A man asked the nurse, “Why didn’t you do your best
to bid that girl her one last request?”
She looked at the man with eyes so sad. “Because the people in the other car
were her mom and dad.” This story is sad and unpleasant but true, So young
people take heed, it could have been you.
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss may be dead, but he’ll never be gone
TV broke the news:
Dr. Seuss is quite dead.
I said, “Aw, too bad”
and got ready for bed.
I drifted to sleep at 12:49
but my brain was still working
on a silly Seuss rhyme.
I hadn’t been drinking
(no gin or vermoose)
but at the foot on my bed
stood the real Dr. Seuss.
He said he was there
as part of my dream;
a fine explanation,
at least it would seem.
“Did I teach you to read?
he asked rather loudly.
“Most certainly yes,”
I replied very proudly.
Then Seuss admitted,
“I killed Dick and Jane,
and did kids a favor;
both were so plain.”
He’s got a point there;
I can’t argue with that
having learned how to read
from his Cat in the Hat.
Seuss conjured up creatures
with unusual features;
six legs and two faces
from weird and strange places.
Thing One and Thing Two,
now that was sure new;
and remember those fish
one Red and one Blue?
I thought his creations
were tucked away in my head,
but suddenly, somehow
out from under my bed came
all the Seuss cast — the entire flock!
I’ll tell you right now,
that was some kind of shock.
The Cat in the Hat
carried green eggs and Ham;
Horton came with his Whos
and a grouch who knew Sam.
Next came all the sights
found on Mulberry Street;
even adults must admit
that this dream sure was neat.
The Lorax, McGrew
and a turtle named Yertle
are proof that his mind
was really quite fertile.
The last character emerged
and I just had to flinch
as my pillow was stolen
by the one known as Grinch.
I looked and I looked
but it was hard to keep track;
the room was so crowded
they stood back to back.
A Nerkle, and Obsk
and another quite strange,
all stood on the dresser
and ate my spare change.
And elephant so faithful
and a small speck of dust;
the room was so crowded,
I feared it would bust.
The Wickersham Brothers
brought Beezie-Nut oil,
and a Truffula Fruit
that had started to spoil.
A keen-shooter, mean-shooter,
bean-shooter bug
bonked a bean off my nose
and hid under the rug.
Sneetches and Thnadners
and Thidwick the Moose
pried open a box,
and Thing Two was now loose.
He joined Thing One
and the two had some fun
with Fox in those socks
(one had a run).
A lad from Motta-fa-Potta-fa-Pell
told me Seuss is the reason
I fail when I spell.
Seuss made up the words
to fit into his verse;
if he didn’t, of course
his rhymes would be worse.
A woman from Who-ville,
sitting near my right ear,
whispered then shouted,
“It’s crowded in here!”
And Seuss, he agreed,
and whipped out a machine
with hoses and vacuums
and two brooms to clean.
“You don’t have to shoo us,”
said Thing One or Thing Two.
“We’re ready to leave here,
our job is all through.”
With that they skedaddled
across the wood floor;
I woke as the last one was shutting the door.
This could not, should not,
have been just a dream;
so I got out a flashlight
and focused the beam.
I looked through the house,
both upstairs and down,
but the creatures had vanished,
they could not be found.
It hit me just then,
as I searched the front lawn
Dr. Seuss may be dead
but he’ll never be gone.
Big Teddy Cried
by Kathleene S. Baker
I’m a well-worn, retired teddy bear,
Now resting in a drawer.
The girl who always loved me most,
Isn’t with me anymore.
She’s gone away to Rainbow Bridge,
After so, so many years.
But often times in my dreams,
That sweet Josey still appears.
One day while in the toy box, I heard,
“A new pup’s on the way!”
Out I climbed, so much to do,
To look my best that today.
I rubbed my eyes, fluffed my hair,
And struck my finest pose.
I prayed she’d take a shine to me,
So I crossed my fingers and my toes.
Later when that tiny pup arrived,
I was waiting on the floor.
I could replace her littermates,
And even do much, much more.
At night we snuggled very close,
As I kept her safe and warm.
She slept so peacefully next to me,
Even when it stormed.
She did play naughty with many toys,
But I was set aside.
For I was something special,
Which filled me with much pride.
I didn’t have a fancy name,
But ‘Big Teddy’ seemed okay.
The only thing I cared about,
Was Josey’s loving gaze.
Every day she carried me,
And paraded through the house.
She held me oh - so gently,
With my left leg in her mouth.
After meals, when quite content,
Away we two would prance.
And our routine had a name,
“The Happy Tummy Dance!”
I wasn’t chewed, torn, or ripped apart,
To sweet Josey I was real.
And I was not a toy at all,
For I had a heart and I could feel.
After all our years together,
The only wear that really showed.
Was from all the gentle love bites,
My Josey had bestowed.
I do come out from time to time,
For hugs and an embrace.
Josey’s mom still misses her,
I can see it in her face.
While she hugs me tightly,
She always takes one deep smell.
She hopes there’s still a scent of Josey,
I know it - I can tell.
Just above the drawer I’m in,
A beautiful box sits on display.
Inside are Josey’s ashes,
So she doesn’t seem too far away.
We were always the best of friends,
And always side-by-side.
And the day I lost my Josey,
This Big Teddy really cried.