Me & Jake wrote this poem yesterday. Jake's my son, the one that wasn't just born a month ago. Jake's 4 1/2. We both like Shel Silverstein and it shows.
There once was a boy
named Billy Banana
He liked to bake bread
and butter bananas
He battled big badgers
and burned his bandana
and frightened Miss Muffet away.
Jake came up with the last line, and we both laughed our heads off. It was the perfect silly ending.
Wow,I just learned that She Silverstein had passed away in 1999. I had no idea. Especially since Runny Babbit was just published this year. However, I was fully aware that he wrote “A Boy Named Sue” for Johnny Cash.