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Dennis Lee
Dennis Lee
Dennis Lee was born in 1939, in Toronto, Ontario. His collection Civil Elegies...
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What Will You Be?  
by Dennis Lee

They never stop asking me 
"What will you be?--
A doctor, a dancer, 
A diver at sea?" 

They never stop bugging me: 
"What will you be?" 
As if they expect me to 
Stop being me. 

When I grow up I'm going to be a Sneeze, 
And sprinkle Germs on all my Enemies. 

When I grow up I'm going to be a Toad, 
And dump on Silly Questions in the road. 

When I grow up, I'm going to be a Child. 
I'll Play the whole darn day and drive them Wild.



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From Garbage Delight, published by Macmillan Canada, 1977. Used with permission.
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