Ms. Karas (Morning Class)
When I was a child I was / funny as a monkey
When I was a child I was / quiet as a sloth
When I was a child I was / smart like a calculator
When I was a child I was / proud like I won a turtle
When I was a child I was / helpful like a vacuum
When I was a child I was / fasts like a running horse
We were crazy like / a lion in the dark.
We were silly as / a cheetah.
We were frozen / cold like / a polar bear.
We were snowy like / Alaska.
We were wavy as / the ocean.
We were scary like / a zombie.
The child was distant to strangers being shy like a rabbit.
The child was talkative like the crickets in the dark starry sky with its familiars.
The child was quiet as the deep sea below.
The child was as playful as the wind that flew and swirls
into the sky to the ground and everywhere.
Ms. Krasic
I was stuck to the TV / like / duck tape on the wall
I was collecting cards / like / a squirrel hoarding nuts
I was addicted to soccer / like / a fly to a bright light
I was munching on food / like / the soil to water
I was curious / like / Sherlock Holmes on a case
I was active / like / a lightbulb that never diminishes
I was a child of sweetness, like a batch of fresh honey.
I was as cranky as a lion that’s been starved.
I was wholly down to earth, like raindrops being pulled to the dirt.
I was energetic, like lightning crashing in the ocean waves.
I was out of pocket like the sun during a storm.
I was as funny as a clown with a small car.
I was a child of creative value, like paint on a canvas.
I am playful like a monkey swinging on trees
loud as a giant siren tied up to a pole
nervous as a silly turtle wondering where he should be
joking as a comedian who can’t seem to feel the breeze
proud as a heart can ever be
grateful like a sunflower blooming under the sun
Ms. Karas (Afternoon Class)
When I was a child I was rolling around like an object going down a mountain.
When I was a child I was lazy as a snail trying to run.
When I was a child I was eating play dough like if it was soft bread.
When I was a child I was energetic like a bulldozer crushing objects.
When I was a child I was building Legos like I was building a real house.
When I was a child I was sneaky as a mouse tip-toeing.
When I was a kid I was silly as a goose
like a goose in the wild running
around and laughing with zero shame
within the world
When I was a kid I was playful
as a monkey when I was playing with
my action figures.
When I was a kid drawing I was as
creative as an author of a comic.
When I was a kid playing video games
I was ass focused ass a lion hunting
its prey.
When I was a kid I was as loud as a
drill digging for coal.
When I was a kid I was as
chill as a capybara.
Ms. Macmillan
When I was a child I was loud as a siren,
When I was a child I was silly as a goose,
When I was a child I was lazy as a sloth,
When I was a child I was happy as a clam at high tide,
When I was a child I was annoying as a mosquito buzzing in a ear,
When I was a child I was mad as a thunderstorm.
I was happy like a child.
I was scared as a dog.
I was annoying like a fox.
I was sad as a hungry cat.
As a child I was happy like a car starting up
As a child I was tired as a sloth hanging from a tree
As a child I was sad like a raccoon not finding food
As a child I was amazed like playing with Lego pieces
When I was a child I was sleepy like a sloth
When I was a child I was talking like a parrot
When I was a child I was quiet like the moon