Thursday, March 22, 2007

Bottom

The smallest trench of all, I am digging it around my ears, my hands, my teeth.
Looping trenches like garlands like beads around my throat
tight.

When the bottom fell out it fell fast.
When I landed I will land hard.
But I am falling for a while, a short while.

There are all sorts of measurements gliding around the trenches trying to get out
Competing for attention. My attention but all I feel is air
Abrasive on my cheeks, my eyes so they burn and tear
apart.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I like your poem but I am a simple law enforcement agent of local government so I do about as well interpreting this poem as I do investigations of crimes that are obviously more complex and important than I think.