to make up for the other title, that was lost
to skip the middle portions, to arrive
on the periphery
to taunt the jungle itself, to take the high ground
to teeter
to gesticulate wildly, incomprehensibly
and yet to mean
to point toward a purpose
to travel a long way, from Hell to Eden and back again,
to ensure the fall of humankind
to remember the journey is more important
than the destination
to experience paradise
to fall
to miss the 'blip' in the middle entirely
to miss
to further
progress
to put the end back at the beginning again
like a tail, to tell it then
to take on these hard-headed demons
to take in the subtlety of scenery as it occurs
the warmer bits will come along at last
