SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUT BY SHELL SILVERSTEIN
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WOULD NOT TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT.
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COOK THE YAMS AND SPICE THE HAMS,
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COFFEE GROUNDS, POTATO PEELINGS, BROWN BANANAS AND ROTTEN PEAS, CHUNKS OF SOUR COTTAGE CHEESE.
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WITH BACON RINDS AND CHICKEN BONES, DRIPPY ENDS OF ICE CREAM CONES, PRUNE PITS, PEACH PITS, ORANGE PEELS, GLOPPY GLUMPS OF COLD OATMEAL, PIZZA CRUSTS AND WITHERED GREENS,
SOGGY BEANS, AND TANGERINES, CRUSTS OF BLACK-BURNED BUTTERED TOAST, GRISLY BITS OF BEEFY ROAST.
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I MEAN, GREASY NAPKINS, COOKIE CRUMBS, BLOBS OF GOOEY BUBBLE GUM,
CELLOPHANE FROM OLD BOLOGNA, RUBBERY, BLUBBERY MACARONI,PEANUT BUTTER, CAKED AND DRY, CURDLED MILK, AND CRUSTS OF PIE,ROTTING MELONS, DRIED-UP MUSTARD, EGGSHELLS MIXED WITH LEMON CUSTARD,
COLD FRENCH FRIES AND RANCID MEAT, YELLOW LUMPS OF CREAM OF WHEAT
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& NONE OF HER FRIENDS WOULD COME TO PLAY,
& ALL OF HER NEIGHBORS MOVED AWAY;
&FINALLY, SARAH CYNTHIA STOUT SAID “OKAY, I’LL TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT!”
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& THERE IN THE GARBAGE SHE DID HATE
POOR SARAH MET AN AWFUL FATE
THAT I CANNOT RIGHT NOW RELATE
BECAUSE THE HOUR IS MUCH TOO LATE
BUT CHILDREN, REMEMBER SARAH STOUT
& ALWAYS TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT!