you may dive in, and find
no slope, no stairs,
just sheer wall and
a want of breath,
you may dive in, and find
yourself drifting down
deeper than you could imagine,
you may sink, and find
your bones resting
deep, deep,
where other bones –
older bones –
slumber,
you may find your life ended
as a byproduct of another’s work.
stripmine
