SAMMY, HE MA, AN' SHE CAR
Teri M. Bethel
Four stran’ a’ hair under he nose
An’ Sammy believes he’s man.
Sammy borree he mudda car
An’ yell, ‘catch me, if you can!’
Up the street he spot police
Next to Ma Bain place,
He spin aroun’ an’ head
To town wit fear paint o’er he face.
Sammy mussee ain’ see the tree
The people them did dash.
Big man wit’ he four l’il stran’
En up in the trash—
Whappity blap! Sammy get slap
Mudda on the scene.
All we hear is, ‘Sammy dear,
Explain what you did mean.’
Sammy pout, he teet fall out,
He ain know what to say.
He open his mout, nothin’ come out,
He figure it ain’ his day.
Many a folk did hear dis tale
An’ laugh til tears dem spray.
But Sammy learn he lesson well-
To play, ya gatee pay!
From Teri's book of poems, Native Talk.
Author, Teri M. Bethel was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas, and schooled from the age of eleven to twenty-one, in North Wales (U.K.), Orlando and Tallahassee Florida, and Los Angeles California in the USA. Although an Interior Designer by profession, she is a Textile Artist, Handbag Designer as well as a texture painting and purse making instructor. Additionally, Mrs. Bethel is a newspaper columnist, ghostwriter, and book publisher who enjoys helping writers produce first-quality books and ebooks for sale on Amazon as well as brick-and-mortar stores. She loves writing and is the author of several empowering fiction and non-fiction books for adults and children. Both in daily living and in her books, Mrs. Bethel seeks to encourage people to be the best they can be.
Teri M. Bethel's books are available on Amazon as paperback and ebooks as well as in local stores in Nassau and Eleuthera Bahamas. Logos Bookstore, Nassau Stationers, Office General, & North Eleuthera Snack and Craft Place.
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