Shake You

for this experiment, take off
shoes, socks, get off the sofa,
sit down.

scrunch small, then
turn, lie down and use your old
legs to push.
that’s it.

now push hard until
you’re looking up
beneath the dinner table.

remain calm.
take a deep breath.
get under there,
all the way.

night’s traffic-flickers
cast mystery, don’t you think,
about the dining room’s walls?

elaborate preparations should decline,
just lie there,
take deep breaths, and
watch the ceiling
with one eye,
then close it,
use the other,
go back and forth,
first one eye, the other,
one eye again, back and forth slowly now.

the mood should hit you,
the mood of playful kids,
waiting for magic.

any loud noise should shake you,
shake your faith in
god.

look up,
close your eyes.
the lights are out
and you are all alone.