Little Emma gulped a magnet
thinking that it was a sweet,
ever after she felt drawn to
metal objects in the street.
When her mother lost a bracelet,
when her father dropped a nail,
when they lost a ring or necklace,
Emma found them without fail.
She would fall for boys with braces:
they would smile, and she would swoon;
later they would find her clingy,
and they'd dump her far too soon.
Passing cars became a problem,
sometimes pulling her in tow,
but the locals knew her story:
seeing her, they'd drive real slow.
One day Emma took a plane trip,
quite unplanned, her parents say:
KL-542 flew too low,
taking Emma far away.