Pipsqueak Pressure

Miss Lee assigned a book report

Tomorrow it is due.

I’ve been reading for a week

And I’m only on page two.

It must be way past midnight

I’m awake and worried sick.

I’ll never finish it in time

This book’s three inches thick!

The cover hints about a tale

Of excitement and intrigue

But these long words and foreign names

Are way out of my league.

I wanted to impress my class

With skill and cleverness.

What shall I put in my report?

I guess I’ll have to guess.

Next year I will be able

To read the whole book through

I hope Miss Lee understands

I’m only in grade 2

By Krista Delle Femine