If

If

I was a pin

I’d

pull myself together.

If

I was a bulldozer

I’d

make the grade.

If I was a roof

I’d

be on top of things.

If

I was a poem

I’d

be well-versed.

If

I was a dictionary

I’d

know the meaning of life.

But

I’m a house and

I’m

thick as a brick.

Jill McDougall