Ten Square Feet
While I physically exist in ten square feet,
in a space smaller than an elephant
there exists in me something beyond measure
and it can inch out of my box
touch the hearts and minds of others
You can hear my laughter
read my thoughts
share my space
or leave me crying
but I am larger because of you
I am as large as the world
because I live within others
because I live

-SRD
2/19/01
while sitting at a busstop
I occupy, at the most
ten square feet
whether sleeping or sitting
dancing or f***ing
I still exist in less than ten square feet
if you put a cube around me
ten by ten by ten
I would slowly go insane
To draw away within such a small space
that is what hermits do
they hide in ten square feet
whether mental boundaries
or physical

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