Temporary Tattoo

This poem is for Project OpenBook, a community-built children’s book. Details below.

The sign, it said “temporary”.
So I looked it up in the dictionary:

It means it lasts for a short time
So I picked one out and paid a dime.

I went right home and put it on,
A big red heart surrounding “MOM”.

But now I think that something’s wrong.
It wasn’t s’posed to stay this long…

If I had known it would last twelve weeks
I wouldn’t have put it on my cheek.
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Written by Phil Haussler.

Illustrated by Brad Sneed.

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