Last night, while I lay thinking here, br some Whatifs crawled inside my ear br and pranced and partied all night long br and sang their same old Whatif song: br Whatif I'm dumb in school? br Whatif they've closed the swimming pool? br Whatif I get beat up? br Whatif there's poison in my cup? br Whatif I start to cry? br Whatif I get sick and die? br Whatif I flunk that test? br Whatif green hair grows on my chest? br Whatif nobody likes me? br Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me? br Whatif I don't grow talle? br Whatif my head starts getting smaller? br Whatif the fish won't bite? br Whatif the wind tears up my kite? br Whatif they start a war? br Whatif my parents get divorced? br Whatif the bus is late? br Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight? br Whatif I tear my pants? br Whatif I never learn to dance? br Everything seems well, and then br the nighttime Whatifs strike again!br br Sheldon Allan Silversteinbr br