7/31/24 12:29 am Don’t Dive Too Deep

By Charlie Black

I want to be back
In those flowers
All pink and green

I felt strong again
More graceful than before
Is it because my body is now a woman’s body?

Age
Not gender class

Bodily integration

The sandbar beneath the wave
Refracting light

Take another hit
Taste the air
Make a list

Green things:
Leaves
Cartoon poison
Limes
The ocean
Sour apple sour straws
Grapes
Cars
Moss

Blue:
Their eyes
Grandma’s pool
Glass bottles filled with bath oil

Purple:
Blueberries
Sunsets
Extra large polo shirt
Amethyst

Pink:
The inside of the eyelid
Peonies
Your tongue

Tell me something new about the sun

Or Hercules

Or the best kind of pickle

Or maybe even plan the revolution

My ex used to say they wanted to run into the woods and live in the trees and throw bricks down at everyone

But how do you get the bricks up in the trees?
Cary them up and then throw them back down? 
Climb down and pick them up? Climb back up the tree carrying a bunch of bricks?
Only to fling them back down again?

Even if we had ape-like feet,
I think we would struggle

I like it here on the ground

Sometimes