People Lie Down All the Time

1. it makes a neater job
being up-and-down
people are upright
two thirds of the time

2. a body is not square

3. in a bed
a body
sinks by the center
sinks down
moves easiest up and down
or straight across

4. you can see
in a bed where people
lie down all the time
twice the surface
being up-and-down

5. except

6. a body is not square

7. it makes a neater job
being up-and-down

8. I made it
not square

9. seams and joints
come slanting