: ) SMILE Poem : )

Today, I hung up a poem titled SMILE from "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul" in the Student Center at ETHS. I had it enlarged (2ftX3ft) at Quartet and it came out really nice. It is on glossy paper and I think it will grab people's attention! When I hung it up a couple people had already started reading it or read it. I was afraid, and my only concern is, that people will not respond to it on the notecards I left but I asked my friend's already reading it if they thought people would respond to it and if they would and they said, "Oh yeah I do not think that will be a problem!" This was great to hear because if this succeeds with people responding to it this could definitely be a good advantage to my project. It is also pretty big and white so I am guessing that people will walk over and see what it is. At least I know that people will read it. Here is the poem and check out my Flickr site if you want to see pictures:

Smile
She smiled at a sorrowful stranger.
The smile seemed to make him feel better.
He remembered past kindness of a friend
And wrote him a thank you letter.
The friend was so pleased with the thank-you
That he left a large tip after lunch.
The waitress, surprised by the size of the tip,
Bet the whole thing on a hunch.
The next day she picked up her winnings,
And gave part to a man on the street.
The man on the street was grateful;
For two days he'd had nothing to eat.
After he finished his dinner,
He left for his small dingy room.
(he didn't know at that moment
that he might be facing his doom)
On the way he picked up a shivering puppy
And took him home to get warm.
The puppy was very grateful
To be in out of the storm.
That night the house caught on fire
The puppy barked the alarm.
He barked till he woke the whole household
And saved everybody from harm.
One of the boys that he rescued
Grew up to be President.
All this because of a simple smile
That hadn't cost a cent.