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Congratulations!
Today is your day!
You're off to great places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.'
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the
one who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and
down streets.
Look them over with care.
About some you'll say
"I don't wish to go there."
With your head full of brains,
and your shoes full of feet,
you're
too smart to go down a not-so-good-street.
And you may not find any you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town.
It's opener there, in the wide open air.
Out there things happen, and frequently do,
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew.
Just go
right along, you'll start happening too!
Oh the places you'll go!
You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers,
who
soar at high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go,
you will top all the rest.
Except when you
don't,
because sometimes you won't.
I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly it's true
that bang-ups and
hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get so
confused that you'll start in to race, down long wiggled roads at a
break-necking pace.
And grind on for miles across 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 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 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.
On and on you will
hike, and I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.
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 forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
Will you
succeed?
Yes you will indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
Kid you'll move
mountains!
So...Be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van
Allen O'Shea!
You're off to great places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So... Get on your way!