Poetry #xx: Easy Steps

Step number 1.
Breathe. Quick. In and out.
Like the speed the word “lick”
Whips the tongue
Lick. Breathe.
Remember the time
When the key couldn’t fit the lock
or no matter how you push,
the gap mocks and mocks.
 Lick.
When your arms are an inch too short.
Or a tad too white, too dark.
 Step number 2.
Stand up. Jolt every muscle,
into a loud, loud “snap”!
Like a bone that breaks in two,
Like the wing of a frightened bird
Cuts the air in two.
 Maybe clicking the heels.
7 times. 77 times. 777.
Will keep your head up
Eating air.
 Snap.
All lost, fallen things.
You will not find. You can never find.
 Step number 3.
Find a rope, a tight one.
That snaps with a pull.
No matter how heavy,
it pulls up to heaven.
 Tighten not SNAP!
6 kay jis. 66 kay jis. 696.
Like a baby in a cradle
Neck-up.
 Tight.
Because you’re too loose.
You’ll decompose, you bastard
You’ll lose.