Homework! Oh, Homework!

By: Jack Prelutsky

Homework! Oh, homework!
I hate you! You stink!
I wish I could wash you away in the sink,
if only a bomb
would explode you to bits.
Homework! Oh, homework!
You're giving me fits.

I'd rather take baths
with a man-eating shark,
or wrestle a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework,
my teacher assigns.

Homework! Oh, homework!
you're last on my list,
I simply can't see
why you even exist,
if you just disappeared
it would tickle me pink.
Homework! Oh, homework!
I hate you! You stink!

This poem relates to me perfectly because I have a bad case of senioritis. I used to not mind homework. Now, I can't find any motivation to do my homework, so I'm quite the procrastinator. Jack Prelutsky uses imagery to portray the hard feelings he has towards homework. He says he'd rather touch ten porcupines and take baths with a hungry shark. This shows the great amount of negativity towards homework. He says that if homework didn't exist, he'd be tickled pink. Looks like Prelutsky and I are in the same boat!