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.
