Seuss Saves the Night (edit 3)

[milo]

Edit #2 (billy, erthona)

Seuss Saves the Night

The boy's dropped at Grandpa's so Dad can party.
With no jacket, toothbrush or teddy
he runs back to the door, "Noooo".

They hush, cajole, conspire their way to calm.
With a sidelong glance at the I-Pad he says
"I like Green Eggs and Ham," and out leaps Sam.

"Sam I am." A flick turns the page, each word repeated
as many times as a young finger can click.
Sam still tastes the unknown; both grin when he likes it.

In makeshift pajamas fashioned
from drawstring Capris his aunt left behind,
giggles break through sleepover tears.

TBH, it reads like you are trying too hard to stick to the facts, ma'am, IYKWIM.  I think you need to allow yourself some room to breathe, allow the poem to be more or less as the metaphor and language move you.  Maybe experiment with telling it deliberately wrong to see what happens.  Maybe you dropped the kid.  Maybe the dog ate him.  Who knows.

Also, as closure, i think the part about his aunt's Capris could be weaved better.  i don't know who his aunt is.  Should I?  is this important?