Poem: Us

(the need to think win-win...because you're stuck together)

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Us

Me and Him

Him and me,

We are always together

As you can see.

I wish he’d leave

So I’d be free

I’m getting a little bit

Tired of he,

And he may be a bit

Bored with me.

On movies and ladies

We cannot agree.

I love to dance

And he likes to ski.

He loves the mountains

And I like the sea.

I love hot chocolate

And he wants his Tea.

I want to sleep

And he has to Pee.

He’s meaner and duller

And fatter than me.

But I guess there’s worse things

We could be – –

Instead of two we could be three,

Me and him

Him and me.

by Shel Silverstein

We did profile symmetry art after reading this and talked about how you can see faces from one perspective and vases from the other., and how when we think win-win, we need to try to let go of just what we want/see.