Tummyache

by Aileen Fisher

Aileen Fisher

Father said that maybe
it was too much candy.

Mother said more likely
it was gooseberry jam.

Father said that maybe
with the sweet things handy

I forgot my gravy
and vegetables and ham.

Mother said that prob’ly
I had been too gob’ly.

Father nodded “probably”
and so did Gram.

But I said “Certainly,
it COULDN’T have been candy.
It must have been the gravy
and vegetables
and ham.”