| for a while i watched the steep ascent of airplanes the curved underbelly of their bodies brushed with shellac their engines roaring madly over small land which is where i started to dream of flying AND every once in a while i have this nightmare where i'm climbing instead, i climb stairs and trees and drain pipes. my hands grip them going up. ladders and scaffoldings, mountains. i'm going somewhere but won't ever get there; scaling everests, i think, i could do this forever and wake up tired -- my life is a delicate juggling balance untalented / uncoordinated hand eye anytime i try to add another object i drop everything. |