My Backpack Weighs A Thousand Pounds

My backpack weighs a thousand pounds,

It's fatter than a cow!

I don't know how I carry it,

But do it anyhow.

It's filled with books and papers

That my teacher says I need -

She never lets me lighten it,

No matter how I plead.

Sometimes it tips me backward,

It's a wonder I don't fall.

Sometimes I have to stop and rest

And lean against a wall.

I tell you, from experience,

It's not a lot of fun

When you have to lug a backpack

That's about a half a ton.

from What A Day It Was At School by Jack Prelutsky and pictures by Doug Cushman

Greenwillow Books

An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers

2006

ISBN - 13: 978-0-06-082336-8

ISBN-10: 0-06-082336-4