Thursday, April 9, 2020

Friends Don't Let Friends Climb Slab, by Ed Kline


Friends Don’t Let Friends Climb Slab
April 9, 2020

Be still. Simplify. Eliminate extraneous movement.
Don’t even breathe – but don’t forget to breathe.

Keep your weight on your feet – no, your toes.
Balance. Think yourself lighter. Balance again.

Slowly reach right; extend your arm from your
core, not your shoulder. Curl your fingers around

the crimp. Shift your weight, an inch and an ounce
at a time. Suddenly find yourself on the floor,

after a scraping of skin and an explosion of breath.
Look up. Swear. Do it again.

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