slip
raze
i
was
walking
in
winter
half
my
life
ago
when
i
hit
a
patch
of
black_ice
,
and
before
i
knew
what
was
happening
i
was
in
the
air
.
i
thought
i'd
fall
and
break
my
neck
.
it
wasn't
the
good
kind
of
accidental
flight
.
it
didn't
give
me
a
good
feeling
.
but
my
body
did
a
funny
thing
.
for
a
moment
it
became
the
body
of
a
figure skater
without
the
proper
footwear,
and
it
did
something
that
resembled
a
double
axel
before
returning
me
to
the
earth
for
a
perfect
landing
on
a
square
of
sidewalk
past
the
ice
that
made
it
all
happen
.
i
laughed
in
disbelief
,
collected
myself
,
and
went
on
walking
.
i
don't
talk
much
about
my
figure skating
past
.
it
only
lasted
for
a
few
seconds,
and
there
was
no
one
around
to
see
it
when
it
was
the
present
and
not
the
past
.
but
it
happened
just
the
same
.
140621
...
ovenbird
When
I'm
worn
and
weary
of
the
work
of
witness
I
take
off
my
glasses
and
let
everything
slip
on
my
uneven ocular
surface
.
Memory
strikes
its
head
on
the
way
down
and
sees
stars
.
251203
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go
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