ssssssh
listen to yourself
burp and gurgle and burble and
when you shake your head
side to side
your eyes can’t focus
and you get a headache
and passersby offer help
and words of support
or commiseration
(it’s hard to differentiate
sometimes
a helping hand
or a fist in the face)
– and you think of buster Keaton and the falling house…
the way he stood perfectly poised while the house fell
and he knew he wouldn’t come to harm
but you thought the whole edifice would collapse on his little head –
Apr 19, 2017
Apr 19, 2017 at 7:24 AM UTC
ssssssh
listen to yourself
burp and gurgle and burble and
when you shake your head
side to side
your eyes can’t focus
and you get a headache
and passersby offer help
and words of support
or commiseration
(it’s hard to differentiate
sometimes
a helping hand
or a fist in the face)
– and you think of buster Keaton and the falling house…
the way he stood perfectly poised while the house fell
and he knew he wouldn’t come to harm
but you thought the whole edifice would collapse on his little head –
