there was a part of me

that thought that i could build myself up into the tallest tower

the views would be so immaculate, and i could see all that

laid below me, nothing else because the ceiling would be

opaque: black basalt darker than the coat of a bear

there would be a moat around my tower of me

filled with orcas and hippopotami because

if anyone ever got to the base of me

it would all topple like a domino

i fall into myself in an endless

clattering deeper than the

foundation goes i would

sit at the bottom of a

pit, finally able to

see everyone

above me