the crackle in powerlines,
noise filling caves deep down,
the hiss of snakes
amplified in echoes,
touching raw nerve and
my mind between opening
and closing, frozen and empty,
all happens without a pause,
all air trapped, a long and breathless motion
when all stops and drowns,
a heartbeat missed, another,
an eternal dive, pressure in my ears
under tons of water, impenetrably dark
until at last a last release
of breath and air and life-
let go noise and pain,
let go life and death,
drift up as a corpse,
face down, eyes unseeing,
all stops until the wheel
pulls you out, shakes you,
makes you walk the earth
again, unwillingly you go.
you don’t know who you
are nor where you go.
ships and men and worms meet
and somebody lifts his hat,
another says hello, baring
his teeth, her teeth, they
want to eat you, ignore them
and they will go.
rub your head, all is but
a dream in a dream.
only noise and silence.
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