Monday, June 29, 2009

My favourite poem

My favourite poem is "Whatif" by Shel Silverstein.
Here was the poem:

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's poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don't grow talle?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won't bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems well, and then
the nighttime Whatifs strike again!



He think of a lot of whatifs. In example, "Whatif I'm dumb in school?", "Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?", "Whatif I get beat up?". This shows that he was worry about those things.The next day, he found out that everything was normal. That night, he think of the whatifs again. This shows more that he was very worry about everything around him and about him. Even though what he think did not happen, he think of it again and again. This will make him worrying all the while which make life not peaceful. I think that he should not think of the whatifs anymore because it will make his life miserable. He should not think too much about those things that were nearly impossible to prevent the wastage of time.

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