Get Back

 
 
Taking

steps

on rocky road

my foot

falls,

but
 
 
 
 

I don’t

fish tail,

I don’t

knee jerk,

I don’t

pretend I’m hip

–I write

my body

at work–

get a leg up

and tread

more surely

. . .

careful

not to kick

the scree

that screwed

me

at the

get go.