God's Wheel By Shel Sliverstein
"God's Wheel," by Shel Sliverstein is about how a person can't do God's job because they want more out of it, they need money and time off like a real job. But God doesn't get paid for what he does he gets the feeling that he helped someone through life and directed each person down the path they should be on. This poem uses some poetic devices, this doesn't have a regular rhyme scheme but it does have some rhyming words such as, set, get and quit. "God's Wheel is about how a person only cares about what they get out of the deal and doesn't care what feeling you get from doing something good. Shel Sliverstein is a good author and really knows how to portray something using very little words. I am excited to read more of what he has written.
GOD says to me with a kind
of smile, "Hey how would you like
to be God awhile And steer the world?"
"Okay," says I, "I'll give it a try.
Where do I set?
How much do I get?
What time is lunch?
When can I quit?"
"Gimme back that wheel," says GOD.
"I don't think you're quite ready YET."
"God's Wheel," by Shel Sliverstein is about how a person can't do God's job because they want more out of it, they need money and time off like a real job. But God doesn't get paid for what he does he gets the feeling that he helped someone through life and directed each person down the path they should be on. This poem uses some poetic devices, this doesn't have a regular rhyme scheme but it does have some rhyming words such as, set, get and quit. "God's Wheel is about how a person only cares about what they get out of the deal and doesn't care what feeling you get from doing something good. Shel Sliverstein is a good author and really knows how to portray something using very little words. I am excited to read more of what he has written.
GOD says to me with a kind
of smile, "Hey how would you like
to be God awhile And steer the world?"
"Okay," says I, "I'll give it a try.
Where do I set?
How much do I get?
What time is lunch?
When can I quit?"
"Gimme back that wheel," says GOD.
"I don't think you're quite ready YET."