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Jack Prelutsky became famous by drawing pictures of imaginary animals and making short poems to go with them. He took his poems to an editor named Susan Hirschman. His most famous poems are “As Soon as Fred Gets Out of Bed”, “Be Glad Your Nose is On Your Face”, and “Bleezer’s Ice Cream”. This poem is about a circus sword swallower who eats many sharp things.

The famed sword swallower, looking bored, Digests a dagger, dirk, and sword. He bows to us, and quickly follows With epee, foil, and saber swallows.

We ooh, we ahh, we gape and gawk. He gobbles down a Tomahawk. Then without a trace of fear, He opens wide and eats a spear.

A dozen arrows, piece by piece, Precede a cruel Mayan Kris. He’s not like us, this swallower, He’s probably much hollower.

Prelutsky, J., Circus. New York, New York. Macmillan publishing co., inc. (Prelutsky, 1974)

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