WHAT I TRIED TO SAY At least I used to be I talk talk talked but this time no one listened This time it didn't matter what I had to say Mama and Daddy moved us away Even though I talked even though I squawked and told them that I had to
THE NEW HOUSE When we moved in Daddy said the small red brick house with the long gray driveway the peely paint fence and the rickety picnic table was our new home When we moved in the neighbors stopped to stare A girl watched from the alley Then she sat on the curb and scribble scribbled in a notebook What was she doing When we moved in my daddy said Keet Keet what do you think I
I think we made a big
WHAT ALLEGRA SAW A new family A girl A boy But I didn't see any pets I saw one bicycle one tricycle three beds a long sofa a desk shelves an old clock a dining room table and four fat chairs I saw boxes