1. All Gravity ever wanted
   was to soften the world.
2. Gravity bends his rules
   for children at play.
3. Gravity bends Light.
   The bending of your thoughts
   is not an illusion.
4. EVERYONE attends Gravity’s parties.
5. Think of it like this:
   The long hug of the world
   is worth the occasional fall.

John Berry is a poet and performer in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. His most recent chapbook, The Lawnmower Poems, was published by Foothills Publishing in 2019. John is currently working on a poetry hybrid series of creation myths he’s titled The Broken Poem and Other Strange Ideas About God. All John’s work is available at www.thesockdrawerpoet.com