I started on my homework <br />but my pen ran out of ink. <br />My hamster ate my homework. <br />My computer's on the blink. <br /> <br />I accidentally dropped it <br />in the soup my mom was cooking. <br />My brother flushed it down the toilet <br />when I wasn't looking. <br /> <br />My mother ran my homework <br />through the washer and the dryer. <br />An airplane crashed into our house. <br />My homework caught on fire. <br /> <br />Tornadoes blew my notes away. <br />Volcanoes struck our town. <br />My homework was taken <br />by an evil killer clown. <br /> <br />Some aliens abducted me. <br />I had a shark attack. <br />A pirate swiped my homework <br />and refused to give it back. <br /> <br />It took so long to make these up <br />I realized, with dread, <br />it would have just been easier <br />to do the work instead.<br /><br />Arielle Perkins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-excuses/
