Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
SHEL SILVERSTEINHe wasted his wishes on wishing.
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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 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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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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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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If you are a dreamer come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tails to spin, come in, come in.
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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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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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Everything isn’t everything.
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Many leaves one tree.
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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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It’s all the same to the clam.
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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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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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And the tree was happy.
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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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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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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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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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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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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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