What-if

  WHAT-IF

  Last night, while I lay thinking here,

  Some what-ifs crawled inside my ear

  And pranced and partied all night long

  Sining their same old What-If song:

What-if I'm dumb in school?

What-if they've closed the swimming pool?

What-if I get beat up?

What-if there's poison in my cup?

What-if I start to cry?

What-if I get sick and die?

What-if I flunk that test?

What-if green hair grows on my chest?

What-if nobody likes me?

What-if a bolt of lightning strikes me?

What-if I don't grow taller?

What-if my head starts to get smaller?

What-if the fish don't bite?

What-if the wind tears up my kite?

What-if they start a war?

What-if my parents get divorced?

What-if the bus is late?

What-if my teeth don't grow in straight?

What-if I tear my pants?

What-if I never learn to dance?

  Everything seems swell.

  And then the nighttime What-ifs strike again!