Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
SHEL SILVERSTEINListen 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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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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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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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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It’s all the same to the clam.
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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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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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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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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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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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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Everything isn’t everything.
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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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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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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 am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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Many leaves one tree.
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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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I’ve found my missin’ piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I’ve found my missin’ piece.
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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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