Madness Poetry- - Round Three!

Yes, It's Us

At 8 o’clock on Tuesday nights

My mom must watch T.V.

“I just need sixty minutes, Sid,”

Is what she says to me.

I had not done my homework yet

And knew I ought to try,

But chose, instead, to walk outside

Where something caught my eye.

Above the trees a saucer-shape

Was spinning like a top.

Its ring of neon-colored lights

Flashed on and off non-stop.

I'd never seen a spaceship, but

It looked like one to me.

I ran back in and told my mom,

“You have to come and see!!”

“I really want to watch my show;

Now go upstairs and play!”

“But Mom, I saw a U.F.O.!”

“That’s what you always say!”

“I promise I’ll be with you Sid

When 'This Is Us' is done.

For goodness sake; it's just an hour;

I only ask for one!”

“But Mom!”

“Sidney Alowishus Johnson,

Get yourself to bed! “

We both turned our attention

When the news announcer read,

“Your show has been preempted to

Report a UFO.”

I simply smiled and said to mom,
“See. I told you so.”

The word I had to incorporate was "preempted." We had a limit of 1,000 characters this time. http://madnesspoetry.com/matchups