Helliphino

When I rediscovered this piece, I saw that the date stamp was 16 June 2007, which would put its composition just after I graduated. I'm not entirely sure if that's accurate, but it would make sense. I was kinda going through a phase, and I was nearly nocturnal; I had multiple part-time jobs that were all in the evening and most of my writing happened after I clocked out at work. Any rate, I chuckled when I read it again (at least in part because of what I entitled it) and I wonder whether you'll chuckle, too.

I sucked the milk

I leapt over the moon

Felt myself become weightless

Floated for a moment

But what goes up

Must come down

So I dove like a swan

Straight down

The way out is down

Burrow back into the womb

Strata of past ‘avant garde’

Only way out is down

What goes up

Must come down

So I tuck in

And dive down

Afraid? Yes

But to burrow

Takes momentum

And the descent is a rush