a shake out

[bentech]

you reach this spot
where you can relax just a bit

not really that far out from your last piece
can be more than 3 or 4 feet below you

its a balancey thing
switching hands on a good hold
shacking out the other

get the blood going again

you got 15 feet of real climbing
to do
before you can stop and place some gear

but
you aint going to get there
without leaving where you are


so
you shake your hand one last time
then you cast off
into the climbing it takes
to get there