[to walk means to fall]

to walk means to fall

to thrust forward

to fall and catch

the seemingly random

is its own system of gestures

based on a series of neat errors

falling and catching

to thrust forward

sometimes the body misses

then collapses

sometimes

it shatters

with this particular knowledge

a movement spastic

and unwieldy

is its own lyric and

the able-bodied are

tone-deaf to this singing some

falling

is of its own grace

some

falling

rather occurs

out of laziness or distraction

here, the entire frame is shaken

these are the falls

where I tell myself

you shouldn’t have fallen

I mean to inflict

while the critic of the world watches

o stupid, stupid world

Source: Autobiography/Anti-Autography (theenk Books, 2014)