| "The Silly Things I Didn't Do Today" | |
| There are silly things I didn't do today. Not once. Never. Nope. Not even. No way. Today I didn't (not even for luck) Try to brush my teeth with a big yellow duck. I never asked a fish to fly my kite or wore inch worms to increase my height. Not once did I try to play the flute as I bungie-jumped down the laundry chute. Or dress myself as a very old man and hang from a tree like an orangutan. I didn't surf on a big arrow - or try on a steel sombrero or live in a wheelbarrow - or ride a bucking sparrow. These are silly things I didn't do today. Not once. Never. Nope. Not even. No way. I didn't ride my bike on a telephone wire while juggling a tree and a red rubber tire. I never went to a canyon to hear an echo and ended up battling a superhero gecko. I didn't scoop up a mountain with a small teaspoon then throw it so high that it bounced off the moon. Nor did I eat a giant hockey stick removing splinters with a gold toothpick. I didn't ride a spider - or make the river wider or lasso a glider - or invent spinach cider. These are silly things I didn't do today. Not once. Never. Nope. Not even. No way. I didn't go to the movies dressed like Jimminy Cricket just to get half price on a matinee ticket. I never took my red wagon out to the prairie so I could read poems to a six foot canary. Not once did I slow dance with a zebra who couldn't make decisions 'cause he was a libra. I never ate lunch at the edge of a crater then left without giving a tip to my waiter. I didn't powder my toes - or paint my nose or freeze my clothes - or grow a polka-dot rose. These are silly things I didn't do today. Not once. Never. Nope. Not even. No way. I didn't put a bathing suit on a frog and pose him like a model in a catalogue. Not once did I slide across an icy lake jiggling a cow for a cold milkshake. Never did I try to be a movie director by saying "Action!" in front of a projector. I didn't sing opera while I was biking wearing horns on my head like a Minnesota Viking. I never kissed a goose - or played cards with a moose or washed my face with juice - or slept in a caboose. These are silly things I didn't do today. Not once. Never. Nope. Not even. No way. But I would love to know (oh, please, please say!) What silly things didn't you do today? | |