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Hands
Poems
Aug 2010
Condensed
Hey
listen here
yeah
listen
here.
LISTEN.
I'm here.
I'm right
here.
Not
up there.
Down
here.
Down.
I'm
"grounded"
if you will.
Will you
listen?
I'm important.
And I have
big
important
things to say.
So
move
out of the way,
I'm here.
I am
here.
So listen
here.
Here
is where
one might hear
the cawing
of ten thousand
sparrow
or see the majesty
of a goose
in flight.
We are birds
see
SEE
HERE
we are
the birds and
HERE we fly
as the birds.
Hey
listen.
Are you
listening?
Listening
with your EARS?
Cause I have big
important things
to say.
Listening
with your EYES?
Cause I have big
important things
to show.
Hey
watch here
yeah
watch
HERE.
Cause I
can only show
you once.
ONLY
ONCE.
Matter
what
is it?
I don't
know
I thought you
might.
Matter
matter is
soft
and
easy to break.
It's like
this roof
or your
ground.
Ha
ha
I guess you're
"grounded."
I don't
stay on the ground
not when
people can't
hear from
down there.
I've been
making noise
trying to break through
this matter
this matter
frozen
and condensing
all around me.
It
is closing in
trying to wait
for a
mistake.
ONE mistake
and it wins.
ONE mistake
and I'm silenced.
Hey
listen
this is
good news.
At least
they can watch
from
up here.
Hey
see here
yeah
see
HERE.
I'm only
going to jump once
so watch now
to see
me
fly.
Watch as
I step
into
the
empty quarters
of the
air
below.
what.
Written by
Hands
Cleveland, Ohio
(Cleveland, Ohio)
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