Exciting News

When I got home this afternoon, I got a letter saying that my poem is being published in their new book. I was so excited that I started filling out the information that they needed. I didnt know if I should buy my own copy, so I waited until my mom got home and told her. She said it was just a gimmick to get my money; that noboy else is going to read it but the other people who buy the book for their own poem. Im mad at her now because I was so excited that my poem was being published. The paper said that I was one picked out of thousands, my mom told me they tell that to everybody. If I win a prize in the upcoming contest, Im going to buy a book with it. Here is my poem, tell me what you think. If you dont like it, thats ok, I know Im not good at writing poetry; normally I need my brothers help, but this one I wrote on my own for my english class senior year. Here it is.

Lilly

Some people just do not really like cats,

But I can say I have one named Lilly.

Like Garfield, she is lazy and fat,

But because she is dumb, she is silly.

She once had a three story scratching post,

That once on it she would act like a fox,

And once on top she would sit there and boast,

But now instead she has a three foot box.

But because her eyes meet in the middle

I believe she can not see that far,

Even though she is as fit as a fiddle,

She still almost got hit by Sara's car

alternative ending

(Even though she makes me mad

I will never treat her bad.)

original ending

Even though she lets out a fart,

I still love her deep in my heart.

That is the one I submitted, the original had a different ending, but it had the word fart in it, and they wouldn't accept it. Ther it is, please tell me how it is.