Jerry Green
08-22-2019, 03:08 PM
HANGING OUT By Jerry Green
The ladders at Ives Pool
Are shiny chrome P shapes
Hanging out over the edge
Used mostly just for
Getting in and getting out.
I hang out there;
Before getting out.
I grip them in various places,
Hanging ape-like, stretching
my calves on the steps
that protrude from their
pockets in the wall.
I stand on one forefoot,
brace that arm, and hang.
Opening my hips and chest
Before acclimating into gravity.
These ladders were designed
By a yogi-ergonomist who worked
With acrobats and learned from Ida Rolf.
They exist, yet they feel unseen.
They are mostly used just for getting in
and getting out. Hmmm….
The ladders at Ives Pool
Are shiny chrome P shapes
Hanging out over the edge
Used mostly just for
Getting in and getting out.
I hang out there;
Before getting out.
I grip them in various places,
Hanging ape-like, stretching
my calves on the steps
that protrude from their
pockets in the wall.
I stand on one forefoot,
brace that arm, and hang.
Opening my hips and chest
Before acclimating into gravity.
These ladders were designed
By a yogi-ergonomist who worked
With acrobats and learned from Ida Rolf.
They exist, yet they feel unseen.
They are mostly used just for getting in
and getting out. Hmmm….