The Goops: First Grade Poetry

 

Table Manners

The Goops they lick their fingers,

   And the Goops they lick their knives;

They spill their broth on the tablecloth--

   Oh, they lead disgusting lives!

The Goops they talk while eating,

   And loud and fast they chew;

And that is why I'm glad that I

   Am not a Goop--are you?

-         Frank Gellet Burgess (born 1866)