Rumble's Poems

Day 2

Rumble looked at the blank sheet of paper thoughtfully. It was day 2, and he needed a poem fast. Bedtime was in 13 minutes, and if he didn’t go to sleep by then, Thunderlane would tickle him.

Well, what was the highlight of the day?

Rumble thought back at his day again.

“How was school, bud?” Thunderlane said to Rumble as they entered their house. Rumble shrugged and sighed.

“I got a D minus on one of my tests.” He unzipped his bag and handed a sheet of notebook paper to Thunderlane. Rumble knew he was going to get it now.

“Hey kiddo, that’s alright. You tried your best anyways.” Thunderlane waved away the conflict and smiled.

Oh!

Rumble smiled at the thought and wrote down something on the sheet of paper, clearly inspired by his day.

How often that it will appear,

My brother doesn’t get so near,

When it is that my test gets graded bad,

But not the same is spoken to my dad.

Rumble’s dad had requested Rumble to write to him everyday even though he was not the official caretaker of Rumble.

In reality, Rumble’s real dad was far away in Canterlot with his wife. The fake dad was a caretaker from the Ponyville Sunshine Orphanage, and he wasn’t a good one either. Thunderlane had fired the caretaker 3 days later after having received a sad Rumble from school.

Rumble smiled at the clock and sighed. Time to go to sleep. Tomorrow would have many more poetic surprises.