I was sitting in my seat,
bored to death in class.
When I started to imagine,
and hopefully make time pass.

I stared blankly at my teacher,
and bursted out in smile.
For he'd become a monkey,
teaching English all the while.

When class was done and Math was next,
Miss Martha tip-toed in.
I couldn't hear a word she'd said,
a mouse she was with a grin.

I got in trouble from laughing so much,
and was dragged to the principal's lair.
On the way, I saw Miss Eve running.
She was a horse, well, actually a mare.

One teacher just walked right past me,
his neck was so long I swear.
I wanted to laugh cause he'd become a giraffe,
but he was really the size of a bear.

I went in the principal's office.
And sat down, as polite as could be.
He started to talk but it seemed like a bark,
and there sat a dog before me.

I went down to lunch after being excused,
and let out a mighty gasp.
The lunch lady was a shark with very sharp teeth,
so I left quickly with the meal in my grasp.

With my belly full I turned to my work,
and went to the corner of the library.
A group of kids were making a fuss,
buzzing beetles making me wary.


The librarian stared with his big round eyes,
and hushed the chatty group.
He flapped his arms at the non-listening bunch,
like a wise old owl in a swoop.

I left to rinse my face in the bathroom,
and I glanced into the mirror.
I was shocked to see a handsome fox,
staring at me in the clear.

I washed my face and it had vanished from my sight,
I was back to my old self, alright!
With my mind I'd made my day the best it could be
the little creative fox, that's me!

~N. W. Ballew