So Long, See You Later

From: The Singing Green:
New and selected poems for all seasons.
By: Eve Merriam
Published by Morrow Junior Books
'Bye, fly.
Scat, cat.
Go, crow.
Begone, fawn.
Scram, lamb.
Vamoose, goose.
Hit the road, toad.
Jog, frog.
Out, trout.
Melt, smelt.
Whirl, Squirrel.
Scoot, coot.
Get sunk, skunk.
Toodle-oo, kangaroo.
Image adapted from an original
by Kathleen Collins Howell
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'Bye, fly.
Scat, cat.
Go, crow.
Begone, fawn.
Scram, lamb.
Vamoose, goose.
Hit the road, toad.
Jog, frog.
Out, trout.
Melt, smelt.
Whirl, Squirrel.
Scoot, coot.
Get sunk, skunk.
Toodle-oo, kangaroo.

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