Another Strange One

While my daughter was home last week, I pulled out my kid's book, One Strange World, and let her revisit some of the poems I wrote for her when she was just a wee little thing. Here's another one she enjoyed entitled, "The Violin".





The strangest musical instrument
Must be the violin!
It looks as if part of your face
When pressed against the chin.
And when you begin playing it
The strangest sounds begin.
It sounds just like a strangled cat,
Or like you've scraped your shin.
So just in case you want to play
And I'm your next-0f-kin,
Don't be offended if I bring
Along some aspirin!