Shlok's Mistakes
A poem by Shlok Sharma, then a fifth-grader in Naperville, whose favorite author was Rick Riordan.
I went to the doctor because I had a fever, I made a mistake and punched Justin Bieber
I went to Walgreens to get a visa, I made a mistake and got a pizza :)
I went to school to learn the alphabet, I made a mistake and got a cute pet
I went to the movies, I made a HUGE mistake and got into juvy
I went to the library, I made a mistake and fell in a tributary
I went to the store to buy a pen, I made a mistake and found THE END
Editor's note: lightly cleaned during our editorial review — removed a broken image caption and the author's childhood email address. The poem is unchanged.
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