The first man I ever loved was Shel Silverstein.
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with his intelligent face and hippie leathery skin, his bare feet, his guitar
this man taught me everything important about life and love through his poems and stories
he lived in my heart, shel was everything to me
i guess he still is
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![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
with his intelligent face and hippie leathery skin, his bare feet, his guitar
this man taught me everything important about life and love through his poems and stories
he lived in my heart, shel was everything to me
i guess he still is
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)
![](https://dz3ixmv6nok8z.cloudfront.net/static/img/ph-508.604ed20cffa9.gif)