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Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

7/4/2008 6:49:27 PM
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
 
  There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

Shel Silverstein


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Jessica Jemima (6/24/2008 6:22:00 AM)
It's like a song without notes...

And it takes a place (that is taken for granted) and puts it in an imaginative spotlight, like a child's mind would. A patch of grass! Made so lovely!

Love it.
Laura Khoury (6/21/2008 7:40:00 PM)
I love it.... it is the best.
serouisly just read it again if a few people don't like it
its just amazing

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