Christine Fellows

Face Down, Feet First

Come on, belly up, to this brave new language
Decline to address definitions yet
The letters will light up to walk you through phoenetics
Here's your prerecorded message

A series of clicks and long dash followed by all the great songs about food and sleep
They are meant to be sung while you take the stairs in one single leap to underscore
Or batteries dying mid sentence in leave you morning for more
A heroine guided tour of your range of emotions
Face down feet first

Remember the day you graduated to unusual from strange
Found these great reservoirs of language while immersed and circling the drain
Woke with your name on my lips
It's been a favourite for some time
The least and the best
It's a taste for living words
Face down feet first
Face down feet first
Face down feet first