Listen to the Musn’ts

• Violetology

By Shel Silverstein

Listen to the musn’ts, child.

Listen to the don’ts.

Listen to the shouldn’ts,

the impossibles, the won’ts

Listen to the never haves

Then listen close to me

Anything can happen, child.

Anything can be.

 

Bethany & Psalm (2005)

 

3 thoughts on “Listen to the Musn’ts”

  1. Shalom could very well be. My parents magaend to raise me in a total atheist bubble. I really DID grow up with no faith, no need for faith, no realization that faith existed as an important factor for other people.All the Jewish holidays etc. were celebrated but as fun social things that had pretty stories in them you know, like the Greek and Norse mythologies have really pretty stories, and like all the fairy tales I like so much.I was taught that there are funny people in the world who believe in gods, and magic, and superstition, and such and we don’t mock them because it’s rude .but I really did grow up without feeling that I was non-religious. I just WAS. the culture I accumulated was about books, and history, and music, and pop culture, and had nothing to do with what other people thought about fairies.

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