Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out: A Poem

This has been a favorite poem of mine for a while now. One of the reasons I like it so much is because it is so descriptive. I mean the words "gloppy glumps of cold oat meal" it's self is enough to give me the willies. ;-)

Enjoy! =D

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out

by Shel Silverstein

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out.
She'd wash the dishes and scrub the pans
Cook the yams and spice the hams,
And though her parents would scream and shout,
She simply would not take the garbage out.
And so it piled up to the ceiling:
Coffee grounds, potato peelings,
Brown bananas and rotten peas,
Chunks of sour cottage cheese.
It filled the can, it covered the floor,
It cracked the windows and blocked the door,
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.
The garbage rolled on down the halls,
It raised the roof, it broke the walls,
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.
At last the garbage reached so high
That finally it touched the sky,
And none of her friends would come to play,
And all of her neighbors moved away;
And finally, Sarah Cynthia Stout
Said, "Okay, I'll take the garbage out!"
But then, of course it was too late,
The garbage reached across the state,
From New York to the Golden Gate;
And 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,
And always take the garbage out.

Anna

Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Philippians 2:14-15

If, Then.

If Ben and Doug decided to play outside, then they will play with cinder blocks.

If Ben and Doug play with cinder blocks, then they will leave one in the path.

If they leave one in the path, then Liz will stump her toe on it.

If Liz stumps her toe, then it will bleed.

If Liz's toe bleeds, then Beth will freak out.

If Beth freaks out, then she will faint.

If Beth faints, then Uncle Eric will panic.

If Uncle Eric panics, then he will call 911.

If Uncle Eric calls 911, then an ambulance will come.

If an ambulance comes, they will take Beth to the hospital.

If they take Beth to the hospital, then she will have to spend the night there.

Okay, I know not that realistic. :-)

But if you've ever done Geometry before you just might remember that this is called a direct proof. And, If Ben and Doug decided to play outside, then Beth will have to spend the night in the hospital; is called a theorem.

So your probably wondering what in the world has this got to do with anything. Well, calm down! And let me tell you. =D

The other night while we were doing our family worship, the part where we look up the verses that go with our catechism, one of the boys (I think it was Caleb) read these verses:

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

And then it hit me. "This is just what I've doing in geometry!"

If God predestinated a person, then he called them.

If God called them, then he also justified them.

If God justified them, then he also glorified them.

Just thought I'd let y'all know.

=)

Anna