E Riding the Crane

4

Pictures of loved ones, a son, a daughter. Eight and nine
Dresser full of socks and underwear, mothers old wedding
Ring. Sit up for a young bastard outside you look "Rejecting
Everything in meter, but you can't lose meter," condemned
Younger than you, you say

Stagger up					The basis
A flight of					The base
Stairs each					The true thing
One an inch					'Edmund out'
Higher or					'Edgar in'
Lower de					Please take
Pending on					This land
Eyesight					Back take
Yours that					This letter

Unbuttons your shirt unbuttons your pants you won't fall
From this height you know the steel that is being built
Overlooking it: lights swing up words fly up
Misunderstood.