Poem: The Trampoline Instructor

The Trampoline Instructor

(For Jake and Annie)

Tell me, have you ever been

Bouncing on a trampoline?

Have you flown way up high

Until you’re floating in the sky

Like Superman or an acrobat?

There’s nothing better than that

On a trampoline.

Bounce, bounce, 

Bounce bounce bounce bounce!

You feel like you don’t weigh an ounce

Or a milligramme.

Send a telegram to say

You want to bounce today,

And if telegrams are out of date 

Then text

It’s your turn next!

Bounce, bounce

Bounce, bounce 

Bounce bounce bounce!

Be careful, you might get a shock -

Take off your shoes, bounce in your socks,

And watch that you don’t hit the edge.

You must always mind your head

It has so  many thoughts inside

So do not bounce over the side

Stay on the trampoline.

And if your tummy’s full of chips

Do not perform those double flips.

Wait a while after you’ve munched

Maybe an hour after your lunch

For if you’re sick I fear

Your lunch may reappear

On the trampoline.