"Tempered" by Teri Ellen Cross Davis
As The Eras Tour continued into 2024 and The Tortured Poets Department was added to the setlist, "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" definitely got its moment. Everyone was, of course, stunned by "Down Bad" and the UFO and roomba (and made the spoofy internet content to prove it), but "Smallest Man" did eventually get its due respect. As far as songs that translated from the recorded version to the live version, I'd venture to say it was maybe one of the best. Especially with all the theatrics and everyone in the audience screaming along.
So, to the poem. The mention of "sparkling summer" and "rusting" are reminiscent of "I just want to know / If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal" in the song. And for a few additional matches:
Poem: "From bar to bed, you showed me off"Song: "In public, showed me off"Poem: "By fall I'd be alone with dents in my crown"Song: "Once your queen had come / You treat her like an also-ran"Poem: "what is it about small men / when they meet a woman worth knowing?"Song: "And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give / A message to the smallest man who ever lived"Poem: "The pinup becomes a push pin"Song: "You hung me on your wall / Stabbed me with your push pins"
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