POEM OF THE WEEK

HEEBIE-JEEBIES

Did you ever scare anyone so bad that they said that you scared the heebie-jeebies out of them?
Where do the heebie-jeebies go?
Do they jump off real fast?
Do they slide off real slow?
And would you recognize a heebie-jeebie if ever you saw one?
Are they small with two feelers? Are they purple and red?
Are they cute, or as ugly as your cousin Fred?
And will they jump on you when you're not looking?
So you better think twice next time you sneak up behind someone and yell.
You may scare the heebie-jeebies out of them.
And where they go off to, no one can tell.

© 1994, by Dr. Scott Mandel, all rights reserved

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