Lament For Short People (Fun Poem 12) Poem by David Harris

Lament For Short People (Fun Poem 12)

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Even a tall person to a short person,
their problems I can relate,
tall people bump into low hanging doors,
while short people cannot reach shelves too high.
In shops there are no normal shelves,
some are near the ceiling,
while others are inches from the floor.
Normally the good stuff is put on the top shelf,
where you need a pair of stilts to reach.
Therefore, the short person has to jump up and down,
just like a jack in the box,
for anything they want.
Some short people feel intimidated,
by the tall people that they meet.
They should not be,
because size is not the difference,
but its personalities.
Now if they worked together,
they could walk at the same height.
No man is different from another,
no matter what size he is.
So short and tall people of this word,
I have but one word for both of you - unite.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
JoAnn McGrath 04 May 2007

good things always come in small packages right... : O) But I like the unite

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Andrew mark Wilkinson 04 May 2007

The World is so unfair, tall people get the dirty mags, while small people get bags of rice...

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Duncan Wyllie 04 May 2007

This is such a great concept, I was talking to one of our Children where I work today and asked if she would stand on this tree stump, it made her see the world from my height about six foot one, she said she could see the world from a totally different perspective Made me think a little... Great poem again from you David, but then, it is you I'm talking about Love duncan X

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