flying like a whale
15 to 30 dots per second
faster than time or bird
less than one movement
to become
a pile of 1,000 pounds
crumpled legs grazing
miles of sealed up earth
stinging insult
soft body not so soft
panic like a bruised pear
pieces of my person
scattering assaulted pavement

it was fear above all else
today legs dress
like squished up avocado
not yet ripe for eating
a sore remembrance instead

sky, please
give me wounds so that I may heal
press my existence
underneath a dripping fingertip
make me
black and blue down to the core
mark this shell
with vivid close call memories of
carelessly free
I crave the results