Journey Down

Working together to bring things down things

down with the naturalness of the the fluidity
of looseness of of wind motions bring things

down fluid too the key in the flexion the tip
downward kneeling in to earth the curving
the bending loose loose can’t be rigid or tight

fluid the falling is a glide through air space
these not forced movements both let go release
dangerous certainly gone wild sparkling jabbing
down such pressure to allow the thing to to kneel

down to bend down to let earth receive movement
or to simulate movement both simulations this move
from twirl the thing in the the air we bring down
the thing each time a test shook shook and came
came down this bringing of things down this pulling

of things down this harnessing of wind this
experiment to prove the potential of flexion of
of body of earth the spinning spinning down
ward off nothing gliding through air all of us
work together to make the thing fall down in just
the right position to bring it it down the movement

must be fluid and constant natural with no rigidity
the day is full of wind wind of rustling and static
round and round not just the one person out there
no no this is a whole body of humans it takes all
the long rush of air just to let let wind take it
take it guide it through because how else to make

the thing fall fail but to use wind the earth to turn
the earth against the thing to bring the thing down
to flex into earth all simulated jolts and yet real these
fakeries the drama of shakery of beast down to its
core down to surface just let let the wind take it guide
it through naturally the force begins another descent

comes back the sparks of pulling and flying motion
looking down at soaring birds the squealing of birds a
scraping of chirps in all of this there is a team one
takes the lead the other comes and follows the other
looks back to see for the other whether they have come
hold back to wait as much as possible we are not sure
how one thing affects another how one small movement
could change the whole collapses precise motion any
second it it fails one millisecond too late and suddenly
the ground to be be on the ground quiet wind blowing still

From Grin Go Home / Las provincias internas (Editorial Ultramarina, 2024) by JD Pluecker. Copyright © 2024 by JD Pluecker. Used with the permission of the author.