In bed I am looking up at your face,
The size of Mt Rushmore from my sleepy perspective.
Let me scale your lips, hike your nostrils
To summit on your closed eyelid.
I had a hard start when I approached you,
But the climb got easier and now
My heartbeat is gaining momentum,
as I rappel back down to safety.
Will you belay me on my descent?
Heed my calls for slack?
My gear is manky but I have monkey toes.
I thought I was well within
The sphere of acceptable risk
When i began this climb,
But it is not a done deal,
and I won't call "safe,"
Until my feet touch dirt.
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Neil McKay
October 28, 2012
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Just an exercise
I needed something to kick me into gear so I found this glossary:
http://www.abc-of-rockclimbing.com/climbingdictionary.asp
I'm not a mountain climber by any stretch of the imagination. But I like the phraseology.
Michael Mayhew
October 28, 2012
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You fooled me
I don't know a darned thing about climbing either - but from the poem I thought you did!
Neil McKay
October 28, 2012
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I tried to use the words that
I tried to use the words that were self-evident. Or at least evocative of SOMETHING whether it was accurate or not.