Dorchester, MA

Down the slide—down the airplane wing
down the dropping air pressure
down the rising tide
down the beat descending wicked
through the chronosphere, down the low
and lowering pelvic grind of dancing
strangers  Down the hands where
they can be seen   Down on the hood
until otherwise directed   Down to the town
downhearted where there is much to mourn
and praise, so more people keep coming
to drop a rhyme to down
the drink in one toss to chant
down with the man, the bombs, the
nightstick descending on our bodies
their downy hairs that cannot protect
the skin from breaking or breaking down
under unnecessary force    Downgrade the
ticket to settle down, putdown the rebound
de-escalate the downer, sink to your
level, mud-kneed, drown in down
drown it down   sink
it slow   gravitate to sea
level center down  way down
in where you know what you know