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# New Jake City
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/new-jake-city/
- Published: 2021-07-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: They told me: a construction job But first we need to shrink you How big? No bigger than a fob But you will have your own crew
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

They told me: a construction job  
But first we need to shrink you  
How big? No bigger than a fob  
But you will have your own crew

I asked, shrink how? They said some ray  
Some Hollywood invention  
I thought a bit, then said, ok  
With little apprehension

So I walk in, and there’s this…gun  
That’s looking kind of scary  
I start to think, what have I done?  
But it’s too late to worry

Where the gun points, I see a desk  
And on it, yeah, this IS nuts  
Some peapods, and, this is grotesque  
Some tiny folks in hard hats

No, I did not have too much sauce  
I ask, what are they doing?  
They’re building something for the Boss  
His kid will be reviewing

What kind of a review is this?  
And why the little sizes  
This is a realistic piece  
That’s what he emphasizes

That’s realistic??? There’s no way!  
Plus, this can’t be compliant?  
The kid is ten, what can I say  
He likes to be the Giant

This whole thing is a movie take  
For Jake and that damned Beanstalk?  
If he’s the Giant, who’s the Jake?  
Oh, hell, let’s have a quick talk

And that is truly how, my friends  
I did become an actor  
Shrinking myself for that there lens  
Was the deciding factor