I Did Exactly What You Told Me To – A Poem

By Gloson On October 17, 2009 Tags:

My mom went to the shopping mall
to buy a brand new bed.
Before she went, she told me something.
This is what she said:

“Wash the clothes!
Fry potatoes!
Finish homework!
Boil tomatoes!

“Wash your face!
Dust the doors!
Comb your hair!
Clear the drawers!

“Wipe the windows!
Chop the wood!
Mow the grass!
Eat your food!

“Rake the leaves!
Fold the clothes!
Feed our doggies!
Shoo the crows!

“Brew the Chinese
herbal tea.
Then you’re free to
watch TV!

“Please do exactly what I’ve said.
Please do what you have heard!”
My mother then went to the mall.
I did her every word.

Fried the clothes,
washed potatoes.
Boiled homework,
finished tomatoes.

Dusted my face,
washed the doors.
Cleared my hair,
combed the drawers.

Chopped the windows,
wiped the wood.
Ate the grass,
mowed my food.

Folded leaves,
raked the clothes.
Shooed our doggies,
fed the crows.

Watched the Chinese
herbal tea.
Then I brewed our
huge TV.

Finally, I’ve done the chores!
I then relaxed with glee.
I can’t wait for her to come home.
She’ll be so proud of me.

Copyright © 2009 Gloson Teh

30 Comments Add yours

  1. rmilana
    October 17, 2009
    10:55 pm #comment-1

    LOL!! its brilliant as always! good job Gloson! thanks for sharing (^_^)

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  2. Simon Liew
    October 18, 2009
    12:40 am #comment-2

    lol… Its so funny. Your Mom will screw you up and down once she come back :-D

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  3. Gerald Weber
    October 18, 2009
    9:38 pm #comment-3

    haha. Well done! :-)

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  4. r33z
    October 20, 2009
    12:09 pm #comment-4

    awesome masterpiece!

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  5. Yasmn
    November 24, 2009
    2:08 pm #comment-5

    Gloson, really enjoyed your very funny poem.
    Do you think you could write a poem for us? We are 3 old ladies who like to bowl on 3 leagues every week. Thank you in advance.

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  6. ceecile
    December 6, 2009
    10:36 pm #comment-6

    hahaha.. very funny.. ^^

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  7. Shubham
    December 28, 2009
    3:03 pm #comment-7

    haaha..awesome..! Loved it..!

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  8. aatif
    February 6, 2010
    10:59 pm #comment-8

    LOL . just a great poem . loved it .

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  9. Meera
    February 17, 2010
    2:01 pm #comment-9

    hahaha … you really had me in stitches!

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  10. Viral H Parmar
    March 12, 2010
    1:48 am #comment-10

    nice one…gloson
    after this when your mom came what she do with you??

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  11. J-Anne
    April 24, 2010
    8:44 pm #comment-12

    LOL! Nice one!!

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  12. Bruce
    May 20, 2010
    5:05 am #comment-13

    haha. Well done! :-)

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  13. Beth
    June 13, 2010
    1:33 am #comment-14

    Hi Gloson. I loved your poem! Can I have your permission to put it on my blog? I know my friends, kids and grandkids would love it!

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  14. Beth
    June 14, 2010
    4:13 am #comment-16

    Thanks, Gloson! You look like and sound like a fun kid!!

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  15. jaja
    July 16, 2010
    9:12 pm #comment-17

    Wow! This is so amazingly funny! =) I really love all your poems, Gloson!

    ^_^ This made me laughed a lot! It simply made my day :-)

    Many thanks for posting this one! Thumbs up! I like it!
    - Jaja

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  16. Gloson
    July 17, 2010
    4:19 pm #comment-18

    Thank you so much Jaja! I’m really glad you like my poems! Thank you for the kind words!

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  17. Shiva
    October 5, 2010
    7:22 pm #comment-19

    Good poem bro, keep up the creative work…

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  18. Angelina
    October 18, 2010
    2:23 pm #comment-20

    wow, what a funny and witty poem!

    Greetings from Singapore

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  19. Mikhaela
    April 3, 2011
    10:20 pm #comment-21

    Heyy Gloson,really good poem! Do you still remember me? Havent seen you in like 2 or 3 years…I remember when you did all those really creative performances in our school haha,anyways congrats and all! =)

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  20. Chukwuka Okwukwe Chukwuka
    June 24, 2011
    7:56 pm #comment-23

    Okay Gloson, you got me laughing my ass off.

    Your brain is awesome.

    Nice poem and I think we can work out poems for kids too. I’m an upcoming poet. What do you say about that?

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  21. Chukwuka Okwukwe Chukwuka
    July 2, 2011
    6:34 am #comment-25

    I’m sending it to your mail right away.

    P.S: Feel free to reject it if it doesn’t match the standard of your blog posts.

    Thanks.

    Regards,
    Chukwuka O. C.

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  22. Alyssa Goodwin
    August 15, 2011
    5:12 am #comment-26

    I loved it. Wow! You are a busy young man. Hopefully she arrived home with something delicious for dinner! Great poem.

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  23. Tess
    September 25, 2011
    10:10 pm #comment-27

    Smart Gloson! Hope it based on true story :-D
    Send my warmest hello to your mom.

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  24. sumithra
    November 24, 2011
    10:07 pm #comment-28

    WOW,amazing!!!!!!
    its so funny!!
    where r u studying?im studying in GRC Klang
    it looks like i have seen u b4!!!

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  25. aryan
    December 13, 2011
    1:06 am #comment-29

    :) ;) poor mom hahahhhhhhhhahahahhaahaha

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  26. Upasha
    January 8, 2012
    10:46 pm #comment-30

    This is funniest poem ever written by a kid. Cheers :) You are an inspiration to many kids of your age.

    Your poems rock .. haha

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