To the top of the hill
First a jog
Slowing down
To a walk
As the incline steepens
Then, step by step
Sideways and forwards
Thinking of Keats’ Negative Capability
Before long
It is a crawl
Though not in the swimming sense
More a case of using all four extremities
For leverage
Of course the real problem
Is vertigo, that
And the thin air
Which decidedly interrupts the breathing
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