You and Yours by Naomi Shihab Nye
Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-938160-39-4
Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.
Published: 2013-04-15T00:00:00+00:00
Canoeing with Alligators
They wonâ make any bother.
Jesâ paddle down center oâ the stream.
They wonâ jump into yoâ boat.
They only bother if you had a dog witâ you or somethinâ.
Sho, theyâd like to eat the dog.
People who wenâ out canoe right befoâ you took a dog.
No I didnâ tell them that.
They didnâ ask.
Brain aâ alligator size oâ green pea.
Private parts inside de body.
Canât tell outside, girl or boy â
even if ya turned one over, couldnât tell.
And didya know? Alligator born with a egg tooth.
They hatch theyself. Born knowinâ how to hunt.
Have to â mama doesnât provide for âem.
Sho, she sit on the eggs, protect âem till they hatch,
but thass it.
Once they born, nuthinâ more to do witâ em.
Year later, if baby swim back in mamaâ pass,
she might eat âim.
Eat her own young.
But you got nuttinâ to worry about.
She donâ know you.
Jesâ donâ go lookinâ pale like a marshmallow.
They see pale real good.
Alligator got no taste buds. Ainât choosy.
Donâ put your hand over de edge of de boat
and donâ feed âem, definitely donâ feed âem.
Like dose dad-gum swamp tours feedinâ âem
all kinda chicken meat anâ stuff, donâ do it.
Like dose kids right over on de bank dere,
dey should know bettaâ. Dey live heah.
Only one time lately alligator jump into somebody canoe.
When two canoe pass anâ he got caught in de middle.
Jesâ tryinâ to escape.
But that wonât happen to you.
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