Instruction

Cross up & under

Wrap in plastic

Set slowly adrift

Ignite from a safe distance

Think “pyrotechnical”

think “professional”

(like “confessional”

only more “-essional”)

Secure to base

Observe stanchions

Adjust for comfort

Blink twice for maybe

Using only your ring finger

tap out your manifesto

Flood an entire decade

with overheard music

(Summer cars gush

traversing the expanse

of your unnumbered days)

Put one foot to make distance

then repeat after a moment

Form into shapes

recognizable shapes

Use vigorous motion

to indicate living

Step back & away

Push night into fire

Dance blindly toward life

overcome who you are

Pull lever for attention

Watch for flashing light

Assume all known risk

slide freely to the bottom