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Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Boxes

Right now, I live in a box
and so do you, and you, and you, and you.
We've become mime artists...
it's as true as Spandau Ballet's True.
We might not be able to break the fourth wall of Zoom,
but there is this really cool trick you can do
where you can kind of make it look like you're holding hands
or throwing things to each other,
but understand,
that if you really do throw that bottle of wine at the wall,
it's just gonna smash. (That's why you're meant to use toilet roll.)

But what kind of things can you do in a box?
Jonathan Van Ness married a couple from his box.
Gary Barlow did a few duets from his box.
You can virtual date,
you can try your hand at yoga,
do a status update,
or learn to speak like Yoda.
We thought a box would restrict
but boxes can be big,
can fit so much in,
that it's kinda uplifting.

We might be in boxes,
but we're never boxed in,
the walls are see-through,
that's why we're still talking.
We can break walls down
when the bricks can't be found,
because they're not so heavy
when you don't carry them around.

So for all I said we're all in boxes,
not all of these have straight edges.
We don't conform to a Zoom shaped oblong,
and if you feel like it's been so long
since you saw your face
in an alternative shape,
be assured
your individuality is preserved;
these boxes have curves.

The fact is that these boxes all fit together,
we're not round pegs in square holes,
but something much better,
from a bird's eye view, looking down to the floor,
our pieces are connected, just like a jigsaw.

So if you ever feel alone in your box,
just remember that your piece interlocks
with another, which in turn connects to another,
all of us can reach out,
and do more from our box,
than we'd ever discovered.