The line between crying in front of
-One Hundred-
people and inciting a dance pit is
negligible, at best

But the difference between your father
saying -‘man’-
instead of -‘son’-
when he grabs you by the shoulder on
your way off stage is
-about-
a million miles

This world is not a decimal system.
Our measures do not skew the same.
So, not so bad a thing
that my ruler has been broken
all this time