Fulcrum and Lever

i heard a bone snap

when i was only about nine

the laws of gravitation

were in abeyance a while

but not long

before they taught me a lesson

in tough skin jeans like a japanese hessian

i was 70 pounds, learning to fly

i knew i couldn't do it if i didn't try

we called it the "field" where we used to hang out

a field of alfalfa behind the back of our house

with a slice of an old oak tree

and a 12 ft. plank

put the board on top

we got flying machine

oh my god we could teeter on this

or make lever that could shoot me into orbital space

i'd seen the circus

and i saw how they do it

with bent knees

you got to jump like you would from a trampoline.

we got out the ladder

and the heaviest kid

he would climb up top

and count down like

a rocket ship

to fire me up

he'd get to t-minus zero

before he'd jump

and i was shot high in a vertical catapult

straight up and down

i remember the view from overtop of the house

-gravity seems weak until you look down

i got in position

i had impeccable form

if the judges were present

they'd be holding up score cards

with 9's and 10's

unless i lose a couple points

for the landing i did

i heard a loud snap but it didn't hurt

i looked at the neighborhood

it looked like earth

but everybody's acting weird are they out of meds?

eating a peanut butter sandwich in a hospital bed

i started noticing

strange phenomenon

is this planet the same one that i been on?

everybody's bizarre and irrational

even nurses on the clock seem a bit off

strange phenomenon

everybody's deranged and i wonder what

happened the day that i fell from the sky

if nobody changed

then it must've been my

mind.