2/17/09-a ruckus abov'us.

I fell backwards in my chair tonight. Straight back to the floor. It left a ringing in my ears and silence.  The snowy coat and dirty towels dampened the sound as I caught my weight, palms down, elbows bent.  My friend adrenaline flushed beneath my skin, tingling as I lie there holding my breath.  My left leg was perfectly straight up in the air.  The lack of sound was more alarming than the expected crash, but more so was the fear my neighbors below would react.  My early morning/late night movements must have been profound- heard through the cardboard floor of a  foundation built to last less than 10 years. 

~namaste