Willie the Burper

For the last few weeks of school Ezra's teacher has been sending home poems for the kids to read and memorize.  After they  have their poems all polished up, they recite them to the teacher and bring home a new poem to work on.  Today Ezra came home with a new poem to memorize.  There was a note at the top:  "This one is special for Ezra."  Here is his new poem to memorize.

Willie the Burper

By Bill Dodds

Some kids can talk like Donald Duck,

some kids know how to chirp.

But Willie J. can swallow air

and then rip off a burp.

He'll belch at home and in the car

and at his grandma's, too.

His grandpa always laughs and says,

"That's what I used to do."

"It's not my fault," he tells his mom,

"that they're inside of me.

I feel them run around down there

and want to set them free."

It's hard to say what causes this,

but there's no use to try.

I wonder how a zillion burps

fit in this little guy.