Wednesday, May 29, 2013

the world is smaller now

the world
is smaller now.
smaller
than it was
just yesterday,
even
an hour ago.
you squeeze
between
the people
as they shuffle
from job
to home, doing
what they
can to get by.
they need to stand
where you
are standing.
people live
above
you, below
you. the babies
keep coming.
the world
is smaller,
even now as
you put a period
at the end
of this sentence
another soul
is born.

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