The Cake Walk

Deficits were imaginary--unless, of course, you found yourself at one--

or the other

Walking a tightrope was a good idea until you remembered everything behind you

was there for a reason

and not a good one

But reasonable people don't find themselves suspended in such dilemmas;

after all--

slipknots had become the quicksand of the sky

High above all the living mistakes--

breathing below

pushing upward

And then--

with a grave intention

I lost my balance--

having sealed my envelopes and arrested any notion of best laid plans