SMART!?

The following poem is something I found years ago, and I thought I'd share it with you. It was written by Shel Silverstein. Enjoy.

SMART
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My father gave me one dollar bill
because I'm his smartest son.
And, I swapped it for two shiny quarters
because two are more than one.

And then I took the quarters
and traded them to Lou
for three dimes-I guess he doesn't know
that three is more than two.

Just then, along came old blind Oates
and just because he can't see,
he gave me four nickels for my three dimes
and four is more than three.

And I took the nickels to Hiram
down at the seed-feed store,
and the fool gave me five pennies for them
and five is more than four.

And then I went and showed my dad,
and he got red in the cheeks,
and closed his eyes and shook his head--
too proud of me to speak!