We feel it. The low tenor and shimmering soprano it fills us with a teasing rhythm
Unbearable
Amidst the warmth of a shallow breeze we dance Kindled by a glimmer of fading fire we writhe
With intent we make our way from our warm bed in the grass to climb together to alpine heights nestled where we can best reach The edge, the rim through which gods create that dark abyss which sustains us
With an abrupt rush, we are lifted and consumed There, the briefest glimmer of sparkling white and we fall, pushed by muscular cadence Plunge. Float... And finally pulled Here we move, Rostellum pierce the pitch Then feverishly, Happily We rook our God
I intend this piece to be open to interpretation. This initially grew from an attempt to go beyond my comfort zone. I was provided key words that must be used to get credit for the assignment. From this I imagined that the reader would take the perspective of (one or many) tapeworm grub on their (its) journey (one I had imagined to be more a sacred pilgrimage) to a host in the hopes of being consumed.