Poem: 1 Inch Tall

​1 Inch Tall

If you were only 1 inch tall, you ride a worm to school.

The teardrop of a crying aunt would be your swimming pool.

A crumb of cake would be a feast

and last you seven days at least.

A flea would be a frightening beast

If you were 1 inch tall.

If you were only 1 inch tall, you’d walk but Neath the door,

And it would take about a month to get down to the store.

A bit of fluff would be your bed,

You could swing upon a spiders thread,

And wear a thimble on your head

If you were 1 inch tall.

You’d surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.

You couldn’t hug your mama, you’d just have to hug her thumb.

You’d run from people’s feet in fright,

To move a pen would take all night,

(this poem took 14 years to write – –

‘Cause I’m just 1 inch tall.)

by Shel Silverstein