I Vote No Homework

I had some schoolwork to take home,

I had to write a report on Rome.

I was too busy to do research,

So I just sat inside my perch.

My Father came in and said “What you doing?”

I said to him, “Nothing much but snoozing,

Rome I have to write about,

But it’s so boring I want to shout!”

Said father, “Pick something to relate to,

What do you think Roman children do?”

It spiked my interest, I cannot lie,

So I looked it up as time went by.

The next day this is what I said,

“Let me tell you what I read.

Roman kids did not go to school,

They had a life that was much more cool.

Kids my age would train for wars,

Not sitting around and doing chores.”

Then I said with a happy smirk,

“I vote No Homework!

We should be doing something exciting instead,

Like fighting people or at least physical ed.”

I think my teacher’s ears went deaf,

My report was good, yet I got an F.