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.