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 * __Shel Silverstein's Higher Purpose__**

Shel Silverstein's higher purpose for this poem is to express to the reader that sometimes we all need to take a step back and take a brake from our hectic lives. He wants the poet to look around and admire the beauty of things that we sometimes ignore. His tone is soft and relaxing, using the line "where the sidewalk ends" as a symbol of a place that is an escape from the evils, such as "black smoke" and "dark streets." He wants us to feel like we did when we were a child, young and free. This poem makes me feel happy and as if I am ten years old again, which is what I think he wanted his readers to feel when they read this poem.