Little Johnny’s in the pickle patch
He’s eating them as fast as he can
If not careful he’ll get a stomach ache
Those little cucumbers, he’s a fan
Before long he had eaten them all
And his stomach, it got queasy
On all fours from the patch, he crawled
He was in pain, it wasn’t easy
His mother took him to the doctor
Doc said, “He needs his stomach pumped”
Off to the hospital, they hurried him
Where his stomach’s contents they dumped
Immediately he felt much better
No more cucumbers will he eat
Now he is back in the garden
Gorging himself on raw red beats
Little Johnny, he will never learn
He’s back in the hospital again
This time it’s a whole lot worse
A few days there he will spend
From the garden, he is barred
No more culinary mistakes will he make
He’s back in the emergency room
He just ate a rhubarb pound cake!
June 14, 2022