Sit Down
Noah Gammell

Sit down
In an implicit position.
Knees to their favorite bend and
Head tilted to the landscape.

How pretty that your lungs
Are automatic.
How your thinking -- assured.
How your blood -- unremitting.

Last time you thought
About it, a friend
Wide-eyed
A conscience

Challenged you to hold your breath
The length of a tunnel.

Did you?