Pray that I hit the hole

when I am hurled violently,

that I roll like cats
and land softly
on paddy feet that I swim like otters
free and surf like Icarus

of the sea and waterproof

i dangle now
stuck in and out
and bleeding
upside down
and reeling
eyes throbbing red
red red red dark

today will be a birth or an
abortion a hand or a sharp knife
liberty or lambasting
and sentenced to

Kafka penitentiary