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I myself do not believe in explaining anything.
Shel Silverstein
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Shel Silverstein
Age: 66 †
Born: 1932
Born: September 25
Died: 1999
Died: May 10
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If you're a bird, be an early bird. But if you're a worm, sleep late.
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Just 'cause somethin' ain't been done Don't mean it can't be did.
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Sometimes I get so depressed 'Bout what I haven't done. -NEVER
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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've found my missin' piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I've found my missin' piece!
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Underneath my outside face There's a face that none can see. A little less smiley, A little less sure, But a whole lot more like me.
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My beard grows down to my toes, I never wears no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my bare, And down the road I goes.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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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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Each time I see the Upside-Down Man Standing in the water, I look at him and start to laugh, Although I shouldn't oughtter. For maybe in another world Another time Another town, Maybe HE is right side up And I am upside down
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I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.
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If you're sloppy, that's just fine. If you're moody, I won't mind. If you're fat, that's fine with me. If you're skinny, let it be. If you're bossy, that's all right. if you're nasty, I won't fight. If you're rough, well that's just you. If you're mean, that's all right too. Whatever you are is all okay. I don't like you anyway.
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I'm making a list I'm making a list of things I must say For politeness, And goodness and kindness and gentleness Sweetness and rightness: Hello Pardon me How are you? Excuse me Bless you May I? Thank you Goodbye If you know some that I've forgot, Please stick them in you eye!
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don't like you anyway.
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FROZEN DREAM I'll take the dream I had last night And put it in my freezer, So someday long and far away When I'm an old grey geezer, I'll take it out and thaw it out, This lovely dream I've frozen, And boil it up and sit me down A dip my old cold toes in.
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Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.
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G'bye, I'm going out to play!
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... and she loved a boy very, very much-- even more than she loved herself.
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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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ALICE She drank from a bottle called DRINK ME And she grew so tall, She ate from a plate called TASTE ME And down she shrank so small. And so she changed, while other folks Never tried nothin' at all.
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