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Poems by Sheldon Allan Silverstein

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One Inch Tall

... You couldn't hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thumb ...

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Rain

... I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head ...

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The Toucan

... Two can.What kind of goo can ...

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Weird-Bird

... It's just sometimes it's kind of nice ...

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Where the Sidewalk Ends

... For the children, they mark, and the children, they know ...

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Dirty Ol’ Me

... Now I'm layin' on the beach in Acapulco got enough money to last till I'm ninety-three ...

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Grizzly Bear

... Well now I can't be chained and I can't be tamed and they can't kill my desire ...

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Folk Singer's Blues

... Doin' some hard ramblin', hard gamblin', hard smamblin', hard blamblin' ...

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Mermaid

... And I tell you now before you start you can love that girl with all your heart ...

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Workin’ It Out

... I been a long time workin' it out I been a long time workin' it out ...

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The Perfect High

... " "Why, you jive motherfucker!" screamed Gimmesome Roy, "I’ve climbed through rain and sleet, ...

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Magical Eraser

... She dared me prove that it was true, ...

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Son Of A Scoundrel

... Refrain: Was your grandma a whore, was your grandpa a thief ...

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The Sitter

... She thinks a baby-sitter's supposed ...

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Little Green Buttons

... From her face to the place they ain't never gonna slow ...