There’s a man inside of me I swear I did not eat, Though I do come from a carnivorous species that’s extinct I stole from Yankee Doodle a very catchy melody But despite the rumors, I’ve done no crime, I’m part of your family

Oft have I wings but do not fly, unless you bear me 'cross the sky. I hold tight on for purpose bloody, but I'm no vampire; I'm your buddy! For my job, stigma is born. From those by whom I'm never worn.

I arrive when the school day ends, like a gift wrapped in dread, I take over your night while you’d rather be in bed. I multiply when ignored, like socks in the wash, and no, your dog didn’t eat me, don’t be that posh.

You get me on the real bad days, or on the very good, You give me out to little kids who stalk your neighborhood. My verb is used to pay for friends when you are feeling kind, Or it's used to heal a wound or ills of any kind

Both an insult and something worth praise; a day in November I'm a craze; constantly compared to dirt, ask for a lemon I'll give but a squirt, my advantage is only for a phase.