Everything isn’t everything.
SHEL SILVERSTEINWhen the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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And he didn’t really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere because you really have to go somewhere, don’t you?
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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She had blue skin. And so did he. He kept it hid, And so did she. They searched for blue their whole life through, Then passed right by – And never knew.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
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This boat that we just built is just fine – and don’t try to tell us it’s not the sides and the back are divine – It’s the bottom I guess we forgot.
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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect – But tell me the truth.
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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understand each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings.
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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I know a way to stay friends forever, there’s really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, and you do it.
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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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How much good inside a day? Depends on how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends on how much you give ’em.
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Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’t, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me, Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
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Many leaves one tree.
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