Shel Silverstein

Shelby ("Shel") Silverstein was born September 25th, 1930 in Chicago. He began drawing and writing as a child, partly, as he claimed in a 1975 interview, to make up for his lack of athletic prowess. In the 1950s, he

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out

by Shel Silverstein (1932–1999)

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 Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout 
 would not take the garbage out! 
 She'd boil the water 
 and open the cans 
 and scrub the pots 
 and scour the pans 
 and grate the cheese 
 and shell the peas 
 and mash the yams 

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