This Morning is Our History Test

　　This morning is our history test.

　　I've pinned my notes inside my vest.

　　Inside my coat I wrote my notes,

　　including dates and famous quotes.

　　I've written more upon my hand

　　that only I can understand,

　　and in my socks and sleeves I stowed

　　my scribbled notes in secret code.

　　I've written down so many names

　　of winners of Olympic games,

　　of buildings, people, places too,

　　from Tennessee to Timbuktu.

　　I even copied down a piece

　　on ancient Rome and ancient Greece,

　　plus everything from Shakespeare's plays

　　to who invented mayonnaise.

　　I came to school so well prepared.

　　I wasn't nervous, wasn't scared.

　　But here it is, the history test.

　　I look inside my coat and vest

　　to get the dates and famous quotes

　　and find I cannot read my notes.

　　So much for Shakespeare, Greece and Rome.

　　I left my glasses back at home.