Jack Prelutsky




Homework! Oh, Homework!

Homework! Oh, Homework! 
I hate you! You stink! 
I wish I could wash you 
away in the sink, 
if only a bomb 
would explode you to bits. 
Homework! Oh, homework! 
You're giving me fits. 

I'd rather take baths 
with a man-eating shark, 
or wrestle a lion 
alone in the dark, 
eat spinach and liver, 
pet ten porcupines, 
than tackle the homework, 
my teacher assigns. 

Homework! Oh, homework! 
you're last on my list, 
I simply can't see 
why you even exist, 
if you just disappeared 
it would tickle me pink. 
Homework! Oh, homework! 
I hate you! You stink!