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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
Shel Silverstein
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Shel Silverstein
Age: 66 †
Born: 1932
Born: September 25
Died: 1999
Died: May 10
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My skin is kind of sort of brownish pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are greyish blueish green, but I'm told they look orange in the night. My hair is reddish blondish brown, but its silver when its wet, and all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.
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I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you... You cannot roll with me, said the Big O, but perhaps you can roll by yourself.
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G'bye, I'm going out to play!
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