The "Unicorn" post got me thinking more about my record collection, which in turn focused my attention on the selection of hilarious Smothers Brothers LPs in my library. Logically, then, I must present another Shel Silverstein poem, and you'll see why. Dick Smothers gave a little tune to this one and recorded an extremely abbreviated version of it for the It Must Have Been Something I Said! record in 1964.I've always loved this album. It has some of my favorite Smothers tracks on it, including "Hiawatha" and "Crabs Walk Sideways," both of which I still find myself humming on occasion, decades after my last listen. Looking back, though, knowing what I know now, I envision a completely different interpretation of the following poem than Silverstein intended. I'm sure Lovecraft was never on his mind when he penned:
THE SLITHERY DEE
by Shel Silverstein
The Slithery Dee
He lives in the sea
He saw all the others
But he didn’t see me.
The Slithery Dee
He came out of the sea
He chased all the others
But he didn’t chase me.
The Slithery Dee
I hid in a tree
He caught all the others
But he couldn’t catch me.
The Slithery Dee
He went back to the sea
He ate all the others
But he didn’t eat me.
The Slithery Dee
Oh where can he be?
He ate all the others
But he’ll never eat … S-L-U-U-U-R-P!
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