Looking Up

Looking up                  12/22/08

From where I stand, at 4”8”

Life loses some of its loftier moments.

I salute the Greek engineer

Who first created stadium seating.

Celebrating New Years Eve in midtown Manhattan

Never included the ball lighting the new year.

Just a half-a-jiffy (the smallest known measure of time)

Before the great Neanderthal annual event was announced

By 1,000,000 screaming morons.

The fucking dome disappears from my view,

Thanks to a 6’9”... OK maybe he was 5’9”!

It doesn’t matter when you’re 4’8’, and standing behind the schmuck

Subways are dangerous when your 4’8” tall.

Unable to see the signs , or fight my way out,

I traveled to the ends of the earth,

(Commonly known as the South Bronx),

Only to find I had arrived at the wrong planet

Where others meet friends at the beach,

At 4’8” I get to do belly-button inspections,

Advise people of the quality & quantity of lint they carry.

At 4’8” you run while others walk,

At 4’8” crossing streets is a challenge

At 4’8” seats are too high off the floor,

At 4’8” life’s about looking up!