Gordon Paisley Goes To Church

Wipe your little snotty nose,
And clean the toe jam ‘tween your toes.
Pull your pants up, tuck in your shirt,
Look, those nails are filled with dirt.

You are such a grimy gus,
Cannot believe you belong to us!
Leave the hamster in his cage,
Would you please just act your age.

Put your socks and shoes back on,
Sometimes I think you're devil’s spawn.
Gordon Paisley please sit still,
You’ll mess your father’s coup de ville.

Now slick your hair and quiet down,
And promise you won’t fool around.
You are in God’s house now young man,
Try to follow his commands.

Heavenly father I hope you hear,
Can you make Gordon clean his ears?
And bathe at least two times a week,
The poor dears future looks quite bleak.

I’m only asking for him you know,
I’m finished with my tale of woe.
Though he’s such a smelly boy,
Gordon’s both our pride and joy.

Amen.

Reviews

[Renée]

lol! Delightful & I can so relate ! I love it !

[Naomi Bloom]

2nd paragraph: I think you should use a question mark for the line "would you please just act your age."

What is a "coup de ville"? I tried looking it up but I couldn't find anything except a type of Cadillac.

5th paragraph: Instead of "the poor dears future looks..." it should be "the poor dear's future looks..."

I can sense an underlying insanity in this poem with the heavy Christian values of the family, but overall it seems quite cute and silly. I liked your rhymes also.

[David Scott]

I have a son... I get this. Perfect. Funny how this would never be an issue with our daughter. Gotta love em.
Thank you for this light humor today.

[icelandicblue]

My pleasure, I am glad you enjoyed it.

[Sheila Kline]

Oh, I just adore this as it smacks of reality!! We love them no matter how they are!!
'Tis quite a plea for reform but will he be changed?.....lol A parent can certainly pray for it to happen, and not quickly enough in most cases!

[icelandicblue]

Clean children? Not likely. I am happy you found meaning in the mud!

[first second third]

thats awsome no matter how much your kid does you still gotta love them

[icelandicblue]

Hi,
Thanks so much for the nice comment.

[first second third]

no thanks needed it truely was a great poem, thanks for sharing that:)

[lee von cleef]

I will find some of my grans and post to you,You have a twin!

[icelandicblue]

They say everyone does! I look forward to reading her work. Thank you so much.

[Jack Dawkins]

Very good icelandblue. Been there done that.

[icelandicblue]

Hello there, yes I think it's a pretty universal condition. : )
Thanks for reading and commenting.

[Holly Mason]

this is great!!love the amen...just loved the whole write thank you for sharing

[Annabelle Lee]

ha. great.

[icelandicblue]

Thanks- aren't you hold up in your room lol?

[Creepy Swine Guy]

Very light and fun, but

Little boys are just that way
All they know, is how to play.
As time goes by he'll straighten out,
and walk a straight and narrow route.

[icelandicblue]

I thank you for that fine poetic response. We can only hope creepy swine guy, we can only hope.