Keeping Kids Guessing
© Arden Davidson
I hang out in a little hole in the wall. I'm sharp but I'm also blunt. And if you drive me home, I promise I'll stay there as long as you want.
Although you can easily move me around, It's my job to keep things in place. Lots of stuff would fall down if I didn't exist, but luckily, that's not the case.
There are plenty of things you can hang on me, like pictures and clocks and your coat. There are even more things your can build with me, like a house or a chair a boat.
Sometimes I get a pounding headache from you hammering away at me. But I don't get mad. If I did you would see - I'd be fighting you tooth and me.
(C) 1998, Arden Davidson
Cracking Up
Crabs have me and snails have me and turtles have me too. Peanuts have me and eggs have me but I'm not the part that you chew.
I crack under pressure, but that's quite alright. 'Cause it makes me feel open and free. Besides, what's inside me is often more fun than the outward protection you see.
Sometimes it's the same way with people, they think that they need me when they are real shy. But once they break through me and bravely come out, they find that their limit's the sky.
Whether I am protecting a vulnerable life or just lounging around by the sea I know I'm important 'cause folks even named a big gas station chain after me!
What Am I?
(C) 1998, Arden Davidson
You can find dozen's more "poems puzzles" like the ones above in the Guess What and Guess Who sections of A Pocketful of Rhymes at http://members.aol.com/Bvsangl/pocket.ht...
Answers: Holding it Together: Nail Cracking Up: Shell
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