Barry Louis Polisar - A brontosaurus with bronchitis

^DI am a fierce and ferocious beast, ^AThough I'm sure you cannot tell. ^GI take my pills and medicine, ^A'Cause I don't feel so^D well. ^DMy head is stuffed, my nose it runs. ^AIt hurts my throat to speak; ^GI'm a brontosaurus with bronchitis, ^AI've been like this for a^D week.

^DI'm acting rather civilized ^ABut it's not that I've been tamed, ^GI can't go romping with my friends ^A'Cause my throat is a^Dll inflamed. ^DThey say I look emaciated. ^A(That means I've gotten thin). ^GMom feeds me tea with lemon, ^AGrandpa drops the nose d^Drops in.

^DGrandma makes Cro-Magnon soup, ^ADad give me vitamin C, ^GMom gives me lots of orange juice, ^AAnd lets me watch ^DTV. ^DAll covered up in a fevered sweat, ^AMy throat and chest both hurt. ^GBut I get to watch The Flintstones ^AAnd have jello fo^Dr dessert