Lean back in your ch--no, lean back even more.
Farther than that. No.
Further than that. Yes.
Lean back so far you can feel your shoulderblades
cut into the upholstery.
Pop rip pop! The seams tear apart now.
Now, on a part of your face, it seems two tears
have appeared.
We can name them Payne and Payne,
twins that share a name
it's got a 'y' and an 'e' and a capital 'P' but
sounds sometimes sacrifice spellings.
SSSS! The air squeezes out of the cushion now.
Now, the blood rushes to your head, it's so far back,
down and looking up;
up at the escaping poly-blend clouds--that's what was inside,
besides air,
floating around your neck,
whimsical but kind of itchy.
What will it feel like when you fall? you think
only a few more inches now, a few degrees
till your knees will be straight
and the Paynes will have packed up
and you'll be in the ground trying to remember
if there was a tipping point.
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