Never Say Shut Up

"Shut up!" said Tommy Chuckaluck

to everyone he spoke.

Listen and I'll tell you

How this habit finally broke

Tommy's baby sister cried

When Mother woke her up.

As he passed her room,

half asleep, Tommy whispered "Shut up."

Walking to the bus stop

Tommie tripped over a stump.

His buddy asked, "Are you okay?"

Tommy said, "Shut up."

"Shut up" he said to the kids at school

who asked about his frown.

"Shut up" he said to the teacher

when she told him to sit down.

When the principal had a talk with him

he would not open up

but after he left the office

Tommie mouthed, "Shut up."

"Shut up" he told a kid

He saw crying in the hall.

"Shut up" he told a poster

that was hanging on the wall

"Shut up" his attitude continued

on the bus and when he got home.

"Shut up" he told the silence

as he sat there all alone.

"Shut up" he told his brother

when asked about his day.

"Shut up" he told his sister

When he didn't get his way.

But that night karma intervened

when dad said, "Have a seat."

"Stop using that word; I'll give you anything you ask."

but Tommy couldn't speak.