Landfall

the weekend weather man
held by the flagpole
with heavy boots of lead at dawn
a breakdown in travel logic
some amen to viewing pleasure
like a bloody sun on the pavement
crawling in Etruscan tombs
we are fascinated by grottoes
by a fear of heights that is
really about not being able to stop jumping
so we wait in the morbid distance
with a smirk on our faces
cracking jokes at how we are
so attracted to the ground