The Second Commandment.

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I tried climbing again
You know, up, up to the highest point
The way we always did.
The question that I asked your picture
had to do with all that, actually.

Where did I get these ridiculous notions?
Like backwards fear of heights?
Fear of not rising.
I drag everyone with me.

I haven't tried explaining.

I think too much. I’m clear on that.
I know that’s all you would conclude
if you were here. You would say my name
Like you owned it,
and you would roll your eyes.

It used to frustrate me no end,
Make me squirm, hearing myself trapped
that way
in your mouth-you were so sure
of me.

But to hear it spoken differently
is also frightening.