//------------------------------// // I Hate Being Short // Story: The Spike Poem Anthology II // by Zephyr Spark //------------------------------// Why does everyone have to be so gosh darn tall? Is it too much to ask that I could be taller? Actually, let me rephrase that. Is it too much to ask everyone else to stop being giants? Why can’t we be the same height? Yeah, I know everybody’s special and blah blah, But having to stand on my tiptoes to reach a bookshelf stinks. And I bet banging your head on every door frame isn’t too fun either. Can’t we all be similar heights? It’s not that we need to be fixed. I’d love some adjustments. I doubt I’m the only one. I shouldn’t have to wear stilts. You shouldn’t have to walk on your knees. I just want to fit in. Actually, let me rephrase that. I want them to fit around us.