{"id":8850,"date":"2015-07-23T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=8850"},"modified":"2015-06-28T13:39:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T13:39:11","slug":"chris-fewings-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/chris-fewings-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Fewings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>from DIVING LESSONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday: death of God. Sunday: birth of body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>i. Relocation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dive deeper into God: she\u2019s relocated,<br \/>\nbequeathing the heavens to faeries<br \/>\nand astronauts. She\u2019s chosen darkness:<br \/>\na sett under the ocean, a space<br \/>\nat the pit of your belly; a cry.<br \/>\nThis is the wordless womb birthing<br \/>\nword, colour, opening into sun.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ii. Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dive deeper into God: she\u2019s reunited.<br \/>\nForget the three: there\u2019s two<br \/>\ninto one \u2013 that\u2019s you-<br \/>\nin-christ or christ-in-you<br \/>\ndoing the tree dive: upwards<br \/>\ninto pain, arms outstretched, then<br \/>\nthe perfect three-day arc down into the source,<br \/>\nthe sea, the non. So,<br \/>\ncount up again: christ-you<br \/>\nand creator-emptiness. Two?<br \/>\nNo, one! One breath, one axis,<br \/>\nwith two poles, two movements<br \/>\ninto one circle. Life dives into death,<br \/>\ndeath bursts into life: diastole, systole.<br \/>\nFire flares, warms, sears, crumbles to ember: watch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>iii. A Life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dive deeper into God. Today<br \/>\nwe have the sky dive, up. Yes, I lied:<br \/>\nthe relocation was temporary.<br \/>\nShe\u2019s arched like a gymnast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspirinworks.com\/ordering-valtrex-online\/\">order valtrex online<\/a> across curved space<br \/>\ninto the dance of the sky.<br \/>\nSo fall upwards into nothingness<br \/>\nwhose colour is light.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>iv. Prelude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dive deeper into God, but don\u2019t<br \/>\nstrip off yet. Wear a first-communion meringue,<br \/>\na Protestant suit, a hat to outdo the others.<br \/>\nSport a creed; arm yourself<br \/>\nwith the steel of a rationale;<br \/>\nbear a tradition like a tortoiseshell,<br \/>\nor a spirituality like a brightly coloured scarf.<br \/>\nOthers have built impressive promenades<br \/>\nat water\u2019s edge: parade along them,<br \/>\nstrut your stuff, give us a twirl before you jump:<br \/>\na flash of your chosen accoutrements against the seaside sky.<br \/>\nNo striptease is required. One day you\u2019ll dive<br \/>\nso deep the water\u2019s force<br \/>\nwill do the stripping for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Chris Fewings<\/strong> lives in Birmingham and writes poems, stories, rants and reflections (some of which have been published) and loves reading or reciting poetry aloud, from Shakespeare to Kei Miller.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; from DIVING LESSONS Friday: death of God. Sunday: birth of body. i. Relocation Dive deeper into God: she\u2019s relocated, bequeathing the heavens to faeries and astronauts. She\u2019s chosen darkness: a sett under the ocean, a space at the pit of your belly; a cry. 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