Chute Poem by Sergio Savioli

A swimming pool tunnel chute gives me the chance to consider my state, my existence. It may be similar to yours, only you can say. Visually, it evokes Hieronymous Bosch's 'Ascent of the Blessed' from 'Visions of the Hereafter', although here it's more of a descent. The cello playing came surprisingly easier than the words and gives the whole that accompaniment and intensity which it needs. Apart from my own introspections, the poem was inspired slightly by hearing and reading 'Ithaca', by the Greek poet, Konstantinos Kavafis; also by a bizarre phrase often heard on the BBC World Service; and finally by reading Nisargadatta Maharaj's 'I Am That'.