Oops

By: Bruce Lansky

Three coffee cups my mother loved

lie shattered on the floor

three ripe tomatoes splattered

when they hit the kitchen door.

Three jumbo eggs are scrambeld

but they're just not on a plate

three loaves of bread are crumpled

I'll use the crumbs for bate.

Three barbie dolls have lost their heads

three pepper mills are smashed

three goldfish died while doing flips

three model airplanes crashed.

Three lettuce heads unravelled

three onions unpeeled

my parents didn't know who did it

till my sister squealed.

My parents are befuddled

they think I've gone nuts

but there's a simpler explanation

I'm a juggling klutz.