By Scott Bailey © 2026
Dragged up from the bottom
Into the higher echelons
Dizzy from the height
Uncomfortable
Not belonging
But unable to return
The bottom looks like hell
From this height

In response to malformed_poetry’s prompt
https://www.threads.com/@malformed_poetry/post/DVBi0Q5k5Kx?xmt=AQF0qmBJvjegv8QFJ1TVsUEdIK3x6zNRPmmf9umd52BIWSU1I6hLzLae1q2gOyibLQDyU2LL&slof=1