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You Just Don't Get It
Befuddled and muddled
your noggin's confused
puzzled and troubled
you're coming unglued
mixed up and perplexed
you've been aggravated
your head is unscrewed, you're
addlepated.
©Mary Lee Hahn
This poem is a Definito, "a free verse poem of 8-12 lines (aimed at readers 8-12 years old) that highlights wordplay as it demonstrates the meaning of a less common word, which always ends the poem." (Hmm...I seem to have missed the bit about "free verse." Oh, well. We'll write off my rhymes as meeting the "wordplay" requirement. What good is a rule if it's not bent now and then?) I chose "addlepated" because it was the word of the day for July 29 on my Merriam Webster dictionary app. And it's fun to say, even if it's NOT fun to feel that way!
