The “If I Were…” Meme

/ Ally Bean

[just ‘cuz it seems like something fun to do]

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if i were a month i’d be May

if i were a day i’d be Tuesday

if i were a time of day i’d be 1:00 p.m.

if i were a font i’d be Palatino

if i were a sea animal i’d be an oyster

if i were a direction i’d be left

if i were a piece of furniture i’d be a kitchen table

if i were a liquid i’d be bourbon

if i were a gemstone i’d be a garnet

if i were a tree i’d be a willow

if i were a tool i’d be an allen wrench

if i were a flower i’d be a tulip

if i were an element of weather i’d be a zephyr

if i were a musical instrument i’d be a guitar

if i were a colour i’d be cyan

if i were an emotion i’d be contented

if i were a fruit i’d be an apple

if i were a sound i’d be quiet

if i were an element i’d be air

if i were a car i’d be a Honda Accord coupe

if i were a food i’d be a petite filet

if i were a place i’d be a garden

if i were material i’d be denim

if i were a taste i’d be lemony

if i were a scent i’d be bayberry

if i were a body part i’d be an eye

if i were a song i’d be “Smooth” by Carlos Santana

if i were a bird i’d be a robin

if i were a gift i’d be something for your kitchen

if i were a city i’d be Seattle

if i were a door i’d be a six panel style

if i were a pair of shoes i’d be comfortable

if i were a poem i’d be “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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[h/t to julochka at moments of perfect clarity]


11 thoughts on “The “If I Were…” Meme”

  1. Well, HELLO THERE, Ally Bean!! You’ve got yourself a blog, and that just makes me happy. Hooray!
    Love this list. I’d be an apple too, btw. It’s my favorite fruit.

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  2. Hi Stephanie. How fun that you found me first. 🙂 I’m not going to be a daily blogger again, but I thought that one or two posts per week might be fun.

    I really need to get the word out about this blog, don’t I?

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  5. Hi La P. Glad that I figured out a way to tell you that I was here. I’m much less organized than I once was.

    Margaret, the one time that I was in Seattle I really liked it. I liked the freshness of the air and the flowers and the fish. I liked the smart, friendliness of the people I met. And I liked the grayish weather. It didn’t make me squint.

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  7. Yay! When I saw your comment earlier, it didn’t link here, and I thought, Ally’s stopped by, which is wonderful, but I wish she were blogging again. So glad to see you are! Thanks for letting me know.

    I’d be a tulip, too. I love them.

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  10. hey, i didn’t know you did this! 🙂 fun! i like the oyster answer best…that’s deep. actually, the whole exercise is deeper than it at first appears.

    glad you commented today so that i found you…nice to find others who are still just blogging what they feel like and not trying to get a deal with a fabric mfgr.

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  11. julochka, I agree that this meme is deeper than it seems. I was surprised about how long it took me to put it together. Like you, I may make it an annual event.

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