#theperfectbox

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From my collection, “Five Words That Can Cripple a Man” (Underground Voices, 2016)

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The Perfect Box

They always wanted you To fit into the perfect box. So they tried to round off your edges and Slice away the quirks and idiosyncrasies That made you Too wild and weird to Perfectly fit that Perfect box.

You desperately wanted To fit into the perfect box. So you stuffed your feelings deep and Told them what they wanted to hear and Jumped through all their hoops in The vain hope that someday you would Perfectly fit that Perfect box.

It proved to be impossible To fit into the perfect box. You died a little more each year when You realized that no matter How much you bent and twisted yourself You could never make yourself the shape that could Perfectly fit that Perfect box.

In the end you just stopped trying To fit into the perfect box. You decided to quit the game and Exit the struggle completely and It’s a shame you are not around to Appreciate the irony that now, at last, you Perfectly fit that Perfect box.

© David Rutter 2014

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[maxmundan]

The Perfect Box

He always wanted you To fit into the perfect box. He tried to round off your edges and Slice away the quirks and Idiosyncrasies that made you too Wild and weird to Perfectly fit that Perfect box. You desperately wanted To fit into the perfect box. So you stuffed your feelings deep and Told him what he wanted to hear and Jumped through all his hoops in The vain hope that someday you would Perfectly fit that Perfect box. It proved to be impossible To fit into the perfect box. You died a little more each year when You realized that no matter How much you bent and twisted yourself You could never make yourself the shape that could Perfectly fit that Perfect box. In the end you just stopped trying To fit into the perfect box. You decided to quit the game and Exit the struggle completely and It's a shame you are not around to Appreciate the irony that now, at last, you Perfectly fit that Perfect box. © David Rutter 2013 http://www.maxmundan.com/