< stairs >
ray heinrich
swaying to the rhythm of TV
watching the dance
as we count the dead
dancing to the rhythm of counting our dead
only three left
in texas
two serious and one critical
and while we're waiting for them
here's my list:
school bus
teenage driver
day care
a fire in the basement
hot summer day
locked in a car
strangled
in an alley
i'm
in an emergency room
and my mom says i fell down the stairs
and i grow up
thinking of stairs
padded stairs
and circular stairs
and stairs of stars
(Joan Crawford for instance)
and i start this company
that makes stairs
solid wood
three stories high
that only stars
(Joan Crawford for instance)
can afford
and they do
and i do
quite well
and i build my mom a house
and give her
what we never had
stairs
solid wood
three stories high
and yes
i remember
as i stand at the top
on her right
just a little
behind her
