A poem I've always liked.

SMART​

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My dad gave me one dollar bill​

'Cause I'm his smartest son,

And I swapped it for two shiny​

quarters​

'Cause two is more than one!​

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And then I took the quarters​

And traded them to Lou​

For three dimes -- I guess he don't​

know​

That three is more than two!​

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Just then, along came old blind Bates​

And just 'cause he can't see​

He gave me four nickels for my three​

dimes,​

And four is more than three!​

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And I took the nickels to Hiram​

Coombs​

Down at the seed-feed store,​

And the fool gave me five pennies for​

them,​

And five is more than four!​

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And then I went and showed my dad,​

And he got red in the cheeks​

And closed his eyes and shook his​

head--​

Too proud of me to speak!​

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SMART by Shel Silverstein​

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