congratulations, today is your day, you're off to great places you're off and away you have brains in your head you have feet in your shoes you can steer yourself any direction you choose your on your own and you know what you know you are the one who decides where to go you look up and down streets look them over with care about some you will say, I don't choose to go there with your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street you may not find any that you want to go down in that case of course we'll head straight out of town it's opener there in the wide-open air out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsie as you when things start to happen don't worry don'ts stew just go right along you'll start happening too you'll be on your way up you'll be seening great sights you'll join the high-flyers who sort to high heights you won't let behind because you'll have the speed you'll pass the whole gang and soon Take the Lead wherever you go you'll be the best of the best wherever you go you will Top all the rest except when you don't because sometimes you won't I'm sorry to say but sadly it's true that bang-ups and Hang-Ups can happen to you you'll get all caught up in a prickly perch and your gang will fly on you'll be left in a Lurch you'll come down from that lurch with an unpleasant bump chances are then you'll be left in a slump when you're in a slump you're not in for much fun because unslumping yourself is not easily done you will come to a place where the streets are not marked some windows are lighted but mostly their dark a place you can sprain both your elbow and Chin do you dare to stay out do you dare to go in how much can you lose how much can you win and if you go in do you turn left or right or right in 3/4 or maybe not quite or go around back and sneak in from behind simple it's not im afraid you will find for a mind maker upper to make up his mind you get so confused that you'll start in the race down long wiggled roads at a Breaknecking pace Grind on for miles across weirdest wild space headed I fear for the most useless Place The Waiting place for people just waiting waiting for a bus to come or the mail to go or the snow to snow or the phone to ring waiting around for a yes or no or waiting around for the hair to grow everyone is just waiting waiting around for Friday night or waiting for the wind to fly a kite or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a wig with curls or a pair of pants or a String of Pearls or another chance everyone is just waiting no that's not for you somehow you'll Escape all that waiting and staying find the bright places where boom bands are playing again your triumphant once more you'll ride high ready for anything under the sky ready because you're that kind of guy oh the Places You'll Go There is fun to be done there are points to be scored and the Magical things you could do with that ball will make you the winningest winner of all Fame you'll be famous as famous can be with the whole wide world watching you they're on TV except when they don't because sometimes they won't I'm afraid sometimes you'll Play Lonely games too games you can't win because you play against you all alone rather you like it or not alone is something you'll be quite a lot and when you're alone there's a very good chance that you'll meet things that'll scare you right out of your pants there are things on the road between hither and yon that'll scare you so much you won't want to go on but on you will go though the weather be foul on you will go through the hackin-cracks Howl on you will go though your enemies prowel onward up many of frightening Creeks though your arms will get sore and your sneakers will leak on you will hike and I know you'll hike Far and face up to your problems whatever they are you'll get mixed up as you already know you'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go so when you step remember step with great care and tact and know that life is a great Balancing Act and you will succeed 98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed R.I.P DR. SUESS. #moc #MOC #2019 #DRSUESS