how long will I stay

one step below, behind?

I slides

my eyes sideways

and whispers:

"Try to find an easy way to step across a cliff".

but I saw mySelf falling

down.Down

there was no stepping, stone, or highway.

I closed

my eyes and

willed mySelf to try another way of
seeing.

the wind, I hears.

 but you? how could I not

reach to open.  but then I paused and thought:

again??

i started down thirteen

black. white

black. white.

an awkward stare to the right

STOP:

• fingers holding. crooked one, two
• lips sucking, blowing

and with a flick I was put out.
to bounce in air, around

never to touch

ground

dust to dust.