Snowman

One of my favorite Shel Silverstien poems. All of his poems have hidden messages that are incredibly delightful once you figure them out. As a kid I just thought this was fun because it rhymed, little did I know...

'Twas the first day of the springtime,
And the snowman stood alone
As the winter was melting,
And the pine trees seemed to groan,
"Ah you poor sad smiling snowman,
You'll be melting by and by."
Said the snowman, "What a pity,
For I'd like to see July.
Yes, I'd like to see July, and please don't ask me why.
But I'd like to, yes I'd like to , oh I'd like to see July."

Chirped a robIn, just arriving,
"Seasons come and seasons go,
And the greatest ice must crumble
When it's flowers' time to grow.
And as one thing is beginning
So another thing must die,
And there's never been a snowman
Who has ever seen July.
No, they never see July, no matter how they try.
No, they never ever, never ever, never see July."

But the snowman sniffed his carrot nose
And said, "At least I'll try."
And he bravely smiled his frosty smile
And blinked his coal-black eye.
And there he stood and faced the sun
A blazin' from the sky-
And I really cannot tell you
If he ever saw July.
Did he ever see July? You can Guess as well as I
If he ever, if he ever, if he ever saw July.