urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:commonsensical Poppy Clayton Poppy Clayton 2011-03-20T05:59:59Z urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:commonsensical:266 2011-03-20T05:59:59Z 2011-03-20T05:59:59Z <i>An oak tree and a rosebush grew,<br />Young and green together,<br />Talking the talk of growing things-<br />Wind and water and weather.<br />And while the rosebush sweetly bloomed<br />The oak tree grew so high<br />That now it spoke of newer things-<br />Eagles, mountain peaks and sky.<br />"I guess you think you're pretty great,"<br />The rose was heard to cry,<br />Screaming as loud as it possibly could<br />To the treetop in the sky.<br />"And now you have no time for flower talk,<br />Now that you've grown so tall."<br />"It's not so much that I've grown," said the tree,<br />"It's just that you've stayed so small."</i><br /><br />--Shel Silverstein