AD PRINCESS
Commercials—
Zelda was in one once
She played the sofa
No lines
But it was considered definitive
For a sofa portrayal.
She rested on her laurels.
FLEDGLING
The trapeze
Was high overhead
Zelda looked at me
Challenging.
I took the rope
In both hands
Ready to fly.
Zelda?
Why me?
You, who carried me over so many cliffs
Joyously
Beckoning
Why do you sit on the ground?
Why do you make me fly for you?
Because it’s time.
THE DOLDRUMS
If only
So
here we are at the end
Again.
Uphill
so much of the time
I
remember so joyously the downhill slides
Whooshing,
arms upraised, feet in the air, mouth wide
Squealing
Knowing
you’ll be safe but loving the instant where
You’re
not sure
Loving
the moment at the top of the cliff
When
the world is spread out like peanut butter on toast
For
you and only you
To
taste
And
now
We’ve
come to the bottom
The
end
Clouds
and light and rainbows and lightning
Have
moved out of the area.
Sails
luff; wind dies; the doldrums.
It is
over.
If
only.
