Congratulations! Today is your day.
You're off to here!
You're here and here you should stay!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself here.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU've decided to stay here.
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any new streets.
And you will not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll stay right here.
It's opener here
in the narrow closed air.
Here things happen
and sometimes they do
to people as brainy
and planted as you.
And then things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just stay right here.
You'll become a plant too.
OH!
HERE YOU'LL BE!
You'll be on your way here!
You'll be seeing here!
You'll join everyone
who stayed here.
You won't lag behind, because you're here.
You'll be here with the whole gang and you'll stay here.
Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you go.
Because, sometimes, you'll go.
I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
that here is smaller
and there is bigger.
You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will be here.
You'll be here.
You'll stay here on the Lurch
even with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.
You will stay in a place where the streets are the same.
Some windows are darkened. But mostly they're known
A place you know that is safe and sound!
Do you dare to stay here? Do you dare to go out?
How much can you win? How much can you lose?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled hometown roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles cross weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or the waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for the wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't
Because, sometimes they won't.
I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road here,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
But on you will go
though the weather be foul.
On you will go
though your enemies prowl.
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl.
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.
On and on you will hike,
And I know you'll hike here
and face up to your problems here.
You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never foget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL STAY HERE!
So...
be your name Kayla or Shayla or Layla
You're off here!
Today is your day!
Your here is waiting.
So...get on stay here!
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