Kit Kelen #535 - how to slow down

535

how to slow down

forget the shoulds and musts

and gunna

make a list of the done

the chalked and corked

the done and dusted

enemies now in the ground

count them slowly

swagger

stretch

spit

if you find that's the measure

count only what's in the bag

let sheep wander off

and your grass is green

make a full and frank confession

tell the whitest lies

unhunch

test the chair laid back

crack knuckles

bean the bag

try horizontal

corpse for a lark

imitate rest

and it comes

the lyre's tuned

boss stray musings back into the queue

handle one thought at a time

a chord

then a colour

slow the reel

child pose

happy baby!

let pet set pace

just watch

then stroke

Satie

aum

close eyes

hum

Chopin

be a ball

and slowly slowly

notice loinstir

then let go

in a little

you'll be coaxed

how in your face

that's love

doodle

drool

be flower

unfold

here's rain landing

till we swim

see down in depths

just breathe

and what is it you float away on

now effortlessly light?

say snifter

(having checked the yard arm)

puff

lie in the grass

let it grow over

take a little time with the sky

fall out of the conversation

follow your own advice for a change

in fact

forget the rest

be blessed

orient yourself downhill

backed by breeze

think only of stream pours

birds say

let heart pump

slowly slowly

clear the mist

let the mountain climb

forget the wall

foot to the floor

lock the brakes

roll

three times

till the charm

is set

and in a dream

skid home