It\u2019s dark in here.
\nTurn on the light.
\nI can\u2019t see.
\nIt\u2019s wet and warm
\nI touch slime,
\nViscous rubber,
\nThrobbing hum.<\/p>\n
My eyes closed,
\nNo they\u2019re open
\nWhat\u2019s wrong?
\nAm I blind?
\nMuted pours,
\nFlowing chutes
\nChug like clocks,
\nSyncing me.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m floating,
\nStill, vibrating.
\nMy legs kick
\nWeighty slugs
\nMiming a jog
\nAs bionic man
\nIn a slo-mo shot.<\/p>\n
My arms too,
\nTossing sludge
\nThrough fingers
\nSpread wide open
\nTo grasp the idea
\nWhere am I now?
\nWhich way is up?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not drowning
\nBut I can\u2019t breathe,
\nDon\u2019t breathe.
\nDon\u2019t gasp,
\nNo air
\nYet, no worry,
\nI\u2019m here still.<\/p>\n
No push no pull,
\nMotionless now,
\nThe light dawning,
\nI\u2019m not inside.
\nThere\u2019s nothing here.
\nI\u2019m outside\u2014and in,
\nAbove and below
\nI\u2019m all there is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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