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I love, Love, LOVE Shel Silverstein! I remember sitting in Elementary School and reading his poems over and over and over. I love the whimsical and silly subjects chooses to write about and how he can jot two lines onto a page and somehow it becomes such good storytelling. So, in honor of my love of the silliness that is Mr. Silverstein, I will leave you with two of my favorite poems from his book, 'Where The Sidewalk Ends'.

One Inch Tall

If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.

The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.

A crumb of cake would be a feast

And last you seven days at least,

A flea would be a frightening beast

If you were one inch tall.

If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk beneath the door,

And it would take about a month to get down to the store.

A bit of fluff would be your bed,

You'd swing upon a spider's thread,

And wear a thimble on your head

If you were one inch tall.

You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.

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

You'd run from people's feet in fright,

To move a pen would take all night,

(The poem took fourteen years to write-

'Cause I'm just one inch tall).