If you were one inch tall.

KERPLOP!

You couldnt hug your mama, youd just have to hug her thumb.

Once I understood each word the caterpillar said,

in my bed.

So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said--

I opened my eyes

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

A boa constrictor,

Till he grew pale and lean,

And all that I hear as I lie in my bed

And all the shows between.

Its amazing the difference

Its upmmmmmmmmmmffffffffff . . .

Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,

of the crickets,

And it dripped in my head

Buy Shel Silversteins Poetry

I might overflow,

And antennae grew out of his hair.

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If you were one inch tall.

And last you seven days at least,

Youd swing upon a spiders thread,

He loved to watch his TV set

How did it go?

Once I spoke the language of the flowers. . . .

I step very softly,

A boa constrictor,

Yes well walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

He watched all day, he watched all night

And his bottom grew into his chair.

And you know what I telll you is true.

And two knobs saying "VERT" and "HORIZ."

I walk very slow,

Oh my,

But so delicious, goodness sake-

Youd run frhttｐｓ://rｅaｄ.９9ｃｓｗ•cｏｍom peoples feet in fright,

A bit of fluff would be your bed,

Lentil soup, but I ate

Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.

So we plugged in little Jim.

And looked up at the rain,

To cool in the peppermint wind.

Oh, fiddle,

Oh, heck,

Once I heard and answered all the questions

Listen to the DONTS

By a boa constrictor,

I cant do a handstand--

Broke off and fell

And I dont like it--one bit.

Im just not the same since theres rain in my head.

(A bit like plaster),

A crumb of cake would be a feast

Listen to the SHOULDNTS

Its up to my neck.

And wear a thimble on your head

A bit of sky can make.

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

Then listen close to me-

Every drop!

almost as much as you.

Once I spoke the language of the flowers,

Through the crack in the ceiling

But if youre a worm, sleep late.

Oh, Im being eaten

I really must state

The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONTS

Its up to my knee.

We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

From "The Early Show" to "The Late Late Show"

And flowed into my brain,

Listen to the MUSTNTS, child,

Grew where his ears had been.

Im being eaten by a boa constrictor,

How did it go?

If youre a bird, be an early early bird-

There is a place where the sidewalk ends

Oh, dread,

And joined the crying of each falling dying

And the dark street winds and bends.

And there the grass grows soft and white,

九_九_藏_書Oh, gee,

Right into my soup,

And now instead of him watching TV

And before the street begins,

He watched till his eyes were frozen wide,

Ill tell you the story of Jimmy Jet-

Its up to my thigh.

A flea would be a frightening beast

Its up to my middle.

And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.

And shared a conversation with the housefly

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black

Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow

To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Youd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.

ANYTHING can be.

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

Oh, if youre a bird, be an early bird

And well go where the chalk-white arrows go,

To move a pen would take all night,

If y九-九-藏-書ou were only one inch tall, youd walk beneath the door,

Anything can happen, child,

flake of snow,

And his chin turned into a tuning dial,

Its nibblin my toe.

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

And watch where the chalk-white arrows go

And he grew a plug that looked like a tail

(This poem took fourteen years to write--

And there the sun burns crimson bright,

Listen to the NEVER HAVES

We all sit around and watch him.

And his face to a TV screeen.

And there the moon-bird rests from his flight

A piece of sky

Well, what do you know?

The place where the sidewalk ends.

And his brains turned into TV tubes,

I could have eaten a lentil-soup lake.

Delicious delicious

That I usually hate