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Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow

In this stanza, Silverstein is showing that we can take a step back from our dark, chaotic lives and "walk with a walk that is measured and slow." The first three lines of the stanza, he uses imagery to display the negative and unpleasant parts of our lives. To "leave" the place where it is "dark" and the "smoke blows back." Silverstein is trying to explain to us that we can relax, look at the good things in our lives, instead of the unpleasant.

I think he's also saying we can choose whether we see the beauty in something - is it asphalt you see or the flowers? Choose the flowers, he's saying, and you'll be happier.