I shrunk down
To be an equal of one of those little green army men.
Not one of the weaponized ones.
That one with the Walkie-Talkie
Everyone made fun of for being useless.
I stole his walkie-talkie, actually.
I was scaling your mountain
So I needed some sort of communication.
From the sheets, I rose.
Carefully, clumsily climbed up you
Mount Olympus for mortals.
I almost fell
I almost dropped my radio
I almost got lost in you.
But I prevailed.
And when I reached the top
I said "I claim this"
But I couldn't really claim it
Because I didn't have a flag
And how do you claim something without a flag?
And in a way I don't think I should be able to claim you
Because claim is a word for lesser mountains.
You cannot claim what wasn't created by you
Or name it.
But I was two inches tall
With a tiny green radio
That just kept squawking
"Are you there, C? It's me, Ego!"
So I tried my best.
Aug 1, 2010
Aug 1, 2010 at 6:10 AM UTC
I shrunk down
To be an equal of one of those little green army men.
Not one of the weaponized ones.
That one with the Walkie-Talkie
Everyone made fun of for being useless.
I stole his walkie-talkie, actually.
I was scaling your mountain
So I needed some sort of communication.
From the sheets, I rose.
Carefully, clumsily climbed up you
Mount Olympus for mortals.
I almost fell
I almost dropped my radio
I almost got lost in you.
But I prevailed.
And when I reached the top
I said "I claim this"
But I couldn't really claim it
Because I didn't have a flag
And how do you claim something without a flag?
And in a way I don't think I should be able to claim you
Because claim is a word for lesser mountains.
You cannot claim what wasn't created by you
Or name it.
But I was two inches tall
With a tiny green radio
That just kept squawking
"Are you there, C? It's me, Ego!"
So I tried my best.