yep, pretty much

[ishyface]

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 taller?
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!

- "Whatif," by Shel Silverstein

Comments

[affably.livejournal.com]

I share most of these concerns, especially the one about green chest hair. Seriously though, A+ poem.

[iamsupernova.livejournal.com]

I love him. I used to fall asleep listening to him read Where The Sidewalk Ends on tape when I was little.

[erda-3.livejournal.com]

I especially worry about that green hair thing a lot. It's so good to know it's not just me!

[xcarex.livejournal.com]

I was always more into Jack Prelutsky than Silverstein. I feel like a weirdo.

[uncommon-crow.livejournal.com]

I'll make you a new kite if the wind tears yours up, Gee. Would you like a whale-shaped one? I found a pattern for such a thing this summer...