Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
SHEL SILVERSTEINOnce there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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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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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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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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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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It’s all the same to the clam.
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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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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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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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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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Many leaves one tree.
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