fall uP

in a world of frames
i will pull you out and then
we'll make frame ladders

we'll climb to the top,
draw ropes in the air, zip-line
over trees, fall up

movement

please step lively, dears
this world keeps rocking and here,
we're not planting roots

continental

some, they fly alone
know all routes to be known, and
like spacious branches

they land alone, too.

dapper

stack your hat, tilt it
shift your stride to match your tease
be street; be neat. be.

bow ward

our backs to the sun
we kept straight on and dragged 'hind
us, weakened anchors

stopping blocks

us against the 'stop'
solid urging, forward on
we need no limits

mouth muscles

failing my anger
I breathed,
and relaxed these mouth
muscles
so taut

sun-fever taken,
cloud coddled, air shaken, all
but Now, I forgot

keep it up

the arch in our backs
finds us strong, and our eyes glint,
betraying our tough

keep straying up while
the ether implores you; it
seems we've the Right Stuff

private pseudonym

pull up the shades and
set the tea on the sill; there's
a day's worth to do.

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i made up a name
that i'll call you sometimes, yes?
private pseudonym.