Shel Silverstein

It's Dark in Here

It's Dark in Here - meaning Summary

Humor from Inside Danger

The poem adopts a playful first-person voice who claims to be writing from inside a lion. The speaker apologizes for messy handwriting and explains they got too close to the lion's cage, turning a frightening situation into comic understatement. The repeated line about darkness underscores the cramped, absurd vantage point, making the poem a brief, humorous meditation on danger recast as everyday inconvenience.

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I am writing these poems From inside a lion, And it's rather dark in here. So please excuse the handwriting Which may not be too clear. But this afternoon by the lion's cage I'm afraid I got too near. And I'm writing these lines From inside a lion, And it's rather dark in here.

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