Whatif by Shel Silverstein Last night, while I lay thinking here, some Whatifs
crawled inside my ear and pranced and
partied all night long and sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I'm
dumb in school? Whatif they've
closed the swimming pool? Whatif I get
beat up? Whatif there's
poison in my cup? Whatif I
start to cry? Whatif I
get sick and die? Whatif I
flunk that test? Whatif green hair
grows on my chest? Whatif nobody
likes me? Whatif a bolt of lightning
strikes me? Whatif I don't
grow taller? Whatif my head
starts getting smaller? Whatif the fish
won't bite? Whatif the wind
tears up my kite? Whatif they
start a war? Whatif my parents
get divorced? Whatif the bus
is late? Whatif my teeth
don't grow in straight? Whatif I
tear my pants? Whatif I never
learn to dance?

Everything
seems well, and
then the nighttime Whatifs strike again!