There was a woman who looked
up and was flushed.

The stars took her eyes and pulled them
up
up
to the edge of the atmosphere
while her body was left to sink 
sink
until the black ribbon that 
held her together
snapped 
and 
she fell into the crust of the earth
buried alive but without the pressure
on her chest, 
a slip into the bottom of a video game
a glitch with puzzle-piece mountains
and rivers
with sounds that jumped, skipped
like scratched discs or songs through 
a 
tunnel
crash-sizzle-whi   sle
cra-sh-siz 

broken words that remind her she is
here
but not here
here but under

broken words that repeat:

arriba, up
arriba, up

si no te hundes a lo mejor nos podemos ver

up, arriba
up, ándale

if you do not sink maybe we can see each other

The woman looked down and saw nothing.