WEEK 2
Whatifs _________________________________________________________________________________ Shel Silverstein: An America Poet Name_______________________ Whatif from the book "A Light in the Attic" (1981) Last night, while I lay thinking here, some Whatifs crawled inside my ear and pranced and partied all night long and sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I'm dumb in school? Whatif they've closed the swimming pool? Whatif I get beat up? Whatif there is poison in my cup? Whatif I start to cry? Whatif I get sick and die? Whatif flunk that test? Whatif green green hair grows on my chest? Whatif nobody likes me? Whatif a bolt of lighting strikes me? Whatif I don't grow taller? Whatif my head starts getting smaller? Whatif the fish won't bite? Whatif the wind tear my kite? Whatif they start a war? Whatif my parents get divorced? Whatif the bus is late? Whatif my teeth don't grow straight? Whatif I tear my pants? Wha...
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