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Greenlantern
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 08:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon."
Said the old man, "I do that too."
The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants."
"I do that too," laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, "I often cry."
The old man nodded, "So do I."
"But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems
Grown-ups don't pay attention to me."
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
"I know what you mean," said the little old man.
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Rainman
Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 07:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I keep coming back and reading this post. I still don't know what to say.
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Djkaplan
Posted on Monday, May 21, 2007 - 05:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I knew Shel Silverstein's name from somewhere, but it wasn't until I googled it that I remembered he wrote that old Johnny Cash song, "A Boy Named Sue".

Odd... a friend of mine was just recalling the Shel Silverstein books he had as a child and now I stumble on this post.
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