Digital Tradition Mirror

Plastic

Plastic
(Shel Silverstein)


Now a little bitty termite, he come knockin',
Knockin' at my front door,
He walked right in, sat right down
Started nibblin' on the kitchen floor
He chewed on the walls and the ceilings and the halls --
Lord knows he tried --
But he kept a-gettin' thinner
And he never got no dinner
And finally he sat up and cried...

     He said, "It's plastic, good Lord, it's plastic!
     I know it ain't no wood
     And it can't do me no good,
     Because it's plastic -- and you can't eat plastic,
     Everything's gonna be plastic by and by!"

Then one afternoon in the month of June
I went down to the beach.
There were cuties and beauties in little bathin' suities
And all of them within my reach.
Then a 38-24-36 miss just happened to be passin' my way.
I said, "Please don't think I'm nervy, but you look so very curvy
Please tell me how you got that way!"

     She said, "It's plastic -- it's only plastic,
     It's pretty as can be, but you know that it ain't me,
     Because they're plastic, oh yes they're plastic,
     Everything's gonna be plastic by and by."

note: See also Silicone Cindy
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Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!