The Floor Poem by Russell Edson

The Floor

Rating: 4.4


The floor is something we must fight against.
Whilst seemingly mere platform for the human
stance, it is that place that men fall to.
I am not dizzy. I stand as a tower, a lighthouse;
the pale ray of my sentiency flowing from my face.

But should I go dizzy I crash down into the floor;
my face into the floor, my attention bleeding into
the cracks of the floor.

Dear horizontal place, I do not wish to be a rug.
Do not pull at the difficult head, this teetering
bulb of dread and dream . . .

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
M Asim Nehal 03 February 2016

But should I go dizzy I crash down into the floor; my face into the floor, my attention bleeding into the cracks of the floor.

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Russell Edson

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Connecticut, United States
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