When does small feel small?
When small is caught in a current of people exiting a stadium.
When small wears heels just to see the preacher from half way back.
When small step-stools to retrieve anything above the plates.
When small crawls between the gallery's legs to watch the drive.
When small peeks through the fence instead of over it.
When small slides the seat all the way forward to reach the pedal.
When small looks like a bump, not a mound, under the covers.
When small bikes around the neighborhood on a 16-incher.
When small runs a path through the Redwoods whose tops cannot be seen.
This is when small feels small.
But he never made small feel small. He snatched her hand. wrapped her shoulder, looked her straight in the eye, offered her the best view, bent his knees for the picture, and added tall to small. Small didn't even notice.
He never made small feel small.
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