ADVENTURES OF THE SPECK 3 A SERIAL POEM BY HAFJAK DIVIZ

ADVENTURES OF THE SPECK 3

MY POWER

HI

ME AGAIN

THE SPECKTATER

AKA THE SPECK

THE SHRINKING FREAK

NOW THAT YOU HAVE A VISUAL OF ME

SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION

LETS DISCUSS MY POWER

BEAR WITH ME

LIKE MOST OF MY LIFE

I HAVENT PUSHED MYSELF OR MY POWER TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL

HERES WHAT IVE DISCOVERED

AFTER 37 YEARS OF DABBLING

MY SHRINKING POWER LAWS

LAW 1

I CAN SHRINK MYSELF

LAW 2

I CAN SHRINK THINGS

LAW 3

I CAN SHRINK OTHERS

OKAY

SO LAW 1

IF I CAN SHRINK MYSELF

CAN I SHRINK MY WAIST

SO I FIT INTO SIZE 30 PANTS AGAIN

NAW

I HAVENT REALLY TRIED SHRINKING INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF MYSELF

THATS JUST BIOLOGICALLY WEIRD AND POSSIBLY UNHEALTHY

WHEN I SHRINK

MY ENTIRE PERSON SHRINKS

EVERY HAIR AND CELL

SO DO I WIND UP NAKED AND DOLL SIZED IN A PILE OF CLOTHES

NO

BECAUSE LAW 2

I CAN SHRINK THINGS

WHEN I SHRINK

MY CLOTHES WALLET POCKETKNIFE BINOCULARS NOTEPAD

THEY ALL SHRINK WITH ME

CAN I SHRINK A 747 FULL OF PEOPLE

AND TOSS IT AROUND LIKE A PAPER AIRPLANE

THE LARGEST THING IVE SHRUNK SO FAR

HAS BEEN A MOTORCYCLE

THAT WASNT A PROBLEM

THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS

I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO RIDE THE THING

KEPT STALLING

IN A POLITICALLY CORRECT FIT

I TRIED TO SHRINK A HUMMER

I WAS A BIT DRUNK

I FAILED

JUST GOT A HEADACHE

BUT THE A HOLE DRIVER OF THE HUMMER

I COULD SHRINK HIM IN A HEARTBEAT

BECAUSE LAW 3

I CAN SHRINK OTHERS

AND IM PROUD TO STATE

NO SHRINKING TRAGEDIES HAVE OCCURRED YET

BUT IT DOES FREAK ME OUT WHEN I SHRINK OTHERS

ITS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF IT

I NEVER WANT TO HURT ANYBODY WITH MY POWER

WHEN I SHRINK MYSELF BIG DEAL

ITS OBVIOUSLY JUST SOMETHING I CAN DO

AN ABILITY I WAS BORN WITH

BUT WHEN I SHRINK OTHERS

I TRY TO BE AS CAREFUL AS POSSIBLE

LIKE THE DUDE ON STAR TREK WHO OPERATES THE TRANSPORTER

ONE WRONG MOVE

AND HE CAN SCATTER THE ATOMS OF HIS TRANSPORTEES

ALL OVER THE GALAXY

I NEVER WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON MY CONSCIENCE

COULDNT BEAR IT

SO IM VERY CAREFUL WHEN SHRINKING OTHERS

SO HOW DO I DO IT

HOW DOES THE SPECK SHRINK

I DONT KNOW

I JUST DO IT

LIKE WALKING BENDING MY ARM CLENCHING MY FIST BLINKING MY EYES

I JUST DO IT

HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO IT

IF I THOUGHT ABOUT IT

I PROBABLY WOULDNT BE ABLE TO DO IT

WHEN DID I START SHRINKING

WHEN DID THE ABILITY FIRST MANIFEST

WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE

TO EMPATHIZE

SO ITS ALWAYS BEEN THERE

DEVELOPING WITH ALL MY OTHER SKILLS

I FIRST SHRUNK FOR MY FAMILY

WHEN I WAS 2 OR 3

I REMEMBER MY MOTHER COMMUNICATING TO ME SOMEHOW OR OTHER

THAT I WAS GROWING TOO FAST

I WASNT HER LITTLE BABY ANYMORE

SO I SHRUNK

MY LITTLE BODY WAS GROWING

BUT I CONCEALED THIS GROWTH BY SHRINKING

IN HER ARMS

I WOULD SHRINK A BIT MORE

AND SHE WOULD ENJOY THE SENSATION OF HOLDING ME

SMALL AND INFANT LIKE AGAIN

MY STUNTED GROWTH HOWEVER ALARMED MY STEPFATHER

HE WAS QUITE WORRIED ABOUT ME

I GAVE MY MOTHER A FEW MORE MONTHS OF MY INFANT SIZE

THEN I GRANTED MY STEPFATHER RELIEF

BY ONE NIGHT EXPANDING TO MY TRUE SIZE

HE STILL TELLS THE STORY

OF HOW I SHOT UP FOUR INCHES AND GAINED TEN POUNDS OVERNIGHT

HE WAS OVERJOYED BY THIS

HIS JOY PLEASED MY MOTHER

WHO WAS BECOMING ALARMED BY HIS ALARM AT MY SMALLNESS

IT WAS THEN THAT I DECIDED

TO KEEP MY SHRINKING POWER A SECRET

I DID NOT KEEP IT A SECRET FROM MY SISTER

SIBLINGS CAN PROTECT THEIR PARENTS BY KEEPING TRUTHS SECRET

BUT SIBLINGS DO NOT KEEP SECRETS FROM EACH OTHER

WE ARE IN THE TRENCHES TOGETHER

WE ARE GROWING FIGHTING AND UNSETTLED TOGETHER

WE LOOK IN EACH OTHERS EYES AND KNOW THE TRUTH

WHILE POOR TIRED ADULTS ARE ALL TOO EAGER

TO BELIEVE CONVENIENT LIES

NO

I NEVER KEPT MY SHRINKING POWER SECRET FROM MY SISTER

I COULDNT HAVE

FROM THE MOMENT SHE WAS BORN

I WOULD SHRINK TO HER SIZE AND PLAY WITH HER

I WOULD SHRINK EVEN FURTHER TO PLAY FOR HER

THERE ID BE

UP ON HER HIGHCHAIR FEEDING TRAY

JUMPING AND TUMBLING AROUND

A LIVING DOLL

AS TALL AS HER CUP

BRANDISHING A SPEAR SIZED SPOON

HER BIG BROTHER SHRUNKEN AND TINY ON HER TRAY

GOOFING AROUND FOR HER AMUSEMENT

SHES ALL GROWN UP NOW

SHE COLLECTS SMURFS

ALL THESE PLASTIC SMURFS

SMALL AND DRESSED IN DIFFERENT OUTFITS

ENGAGED IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES

SHE A BIT OBSESSIVE ABOUT THEM

KEEPS THEM CLEAN AND ORDERLY IN A GLASS CASE

DID I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT

OR DID SHE JUST LOVE THE CARTOON

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