Sunday, March 1, 2009

Gobblegooky

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I thought I’d share this exercise in silliness by one of my favorite contemporary childrens writers Jon Scieszka (pronounced like Fresca). This is from his book, Science Verse, that teaches basic concepts of elementary school science...

GOBBLEGOOKY

‘Twas fructose, and the vitamins
Did zinc and dye (red #8).
All poly were the thiamins,
And the carbohydrate.

Beware the Gobblegook, my son!
The flavorings, the added C!
Beware the serving size, and shun
The dreaded BHT.

And as in folic thought I stood,
The Gobblegook, with eyes nitrate,
Came gluten through the dextrose wood,
It extracts carbonate.

Oh, can you slay the Gobblegook,
Polyunsaturated boy?
3,000 calories! Don’t look!
The sugars! Fats! Oh soy.

‘Twas fructose, and the vitamins
Did zinc and dye (red #8).
All poly were the thiamins,
And the carbohydrate.

2 comments:

  1. That's hysterical!!I love it!! Thanks for posting, Giuliana!

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  2. Yes I agree with Rachel W. This is hilarious and a work of genius.

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