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YELLOW BELLO
Timilehin Anifowose
Timilehin Anifowose
9 months ago

Once upon a time,

There was a happy fellow

Always dressed in yellow

And also knew how to play the cello,

He went by the name; Jackson Bello.


Bello was thin and looked like he did not eat,

When his mama gave him pie, he stared and sat on top of it.

When she went and brought him a little egg fry,

He cried and sobbed and did nothing with it 

He didn’t wipe an eye, he didn’t drink his milk 

He cried and cried for the cow in his meat.


One day,

when bello strode to school,

He ran late,

Sometime in the middle of June 

And since he never ate 

He had no strength to run and zoom 

A try at it he gave

But got tired and weary too soon 


By the time he got to school 

He was haggard and tired and stained and dirty 

By the time he gained his cool 

And was no longer heaving and sweaty

He went and stood by the door to get ready to seem steady 


But when he entered his class

All his mates turned to see who it was 

Some of them mocked, some of them laughed 

And most of them sat and pointed hands 

To little Jackson bello

Who was now stained and smeared in his yellow 

Standing at the door saying hello 

And looking like a perfect weirdo 

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