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imbalancing act

the mechanisms in me
don’t seem
to work well for balance
and
for movement

so I walk with care
and try not
to place myself in situations
meaning vehicles or
high-
up buildings

in which my feet will forget
and other parts of me
think
frankly
about heaving

and now with pills
more delicate
than
had been usual
and troublesome enough

funny thing on boats
I do okay
and maybe an
irony
it’s the gimbal-movement
I prefer
and I don’t know

I might find
somehow
the rounded-rounding steps a treat

maybe I simply like the water
with
the exercise of breathing
between water-air
and me

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only about me—I hope that is all right and even that you might relate (or appreciate the different perspective)

photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash