Think!

Think!
By Auntie B 4/7/10

One bright sunny morning,
Young Mikey McKay
Was told by his teacher,
"This is quite hard to say,

But Mikey, I don't think
You're thinking enough.
You're answering questions
That aren't too tough,

And you're getting them wrong,
Which is really a shame.
But I do not think
That your brain is to blame.

No, your thinker is fine,
As I'm sure you'll agree.
You simply don't use it enough.
Don't you see?

You just have to focus.
Read every direction.
And please, Mikey, please,
Please just pay attention."

Mikey took her advice.
Or at least he tried to.
He went home that day,
And he thought some things through.

He thought and he thought
'Til his thinker was sore,
And he thought he could not
Think at all anymore.

Said young Mikey McKay,
"I'm done thinking today.
I'd really much rather
Go outside and play."

Then he turned off his thinker!
He shut it right down,
And he went out to play
At the park in his town.

But poor Mike never got there.
Never got through the door.
He tripped and he slipped.
Then his head hit the floor.

For your thinker's a thing
To be on all the time.
If you turn off your brain,
Well, that's really a crime.

You need it to know what is
Left and what's right,
To avoid all the bumps
In the dark or the light.

So young Mikey McKay
Learned a lesson that day.
Attention is something
You always must pay.

You need not think hard
Every second, each day.
But to be on your guard,
You must think all the way.

If you learn Mikey's lesson,
Your life will not stink
No, your life will be great--
Just remember
To think!