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| Dennis Lee |
Dennis Lee was born in 1939, in Toronto, Ontario. His collection Civil
Elegies and Other Poems was awarded the 1972 Governor General's Award, one
of Canada's highest literary honors, but Lee continues... More > |
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| Thinking in Bed
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by Dennis Lee |
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I'm thinking in bed,
Cause I can't get out
Till I learn how to think
What I'm thinking about;
What I'm thinking about
Is a person to be--
A sort of a person
Who feels like me.
I might still be Alice,
Excepting I'm not.
And Snoopy is super,
But not when it's hot;
I couldn't be Piglet,
I don't think I'm Pooh,
I know I'm not Daddy
And I can't be you.
My breakfast is waiting.
My clothes are all out,
But what was that thing
I was thinking about?
I'll never get up
If I lie here all day;
But I still haven't thought,
So I'll just have to stay.
If I was a Grinch
I expect I would know.
But I don't think so.
There's so many people
I don't seem to be--
I guess I'll just have to
Get up and be me.
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From Alligator Pie, published by Macmillan Canada, 1974. Used with permission. |
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