I plummet low but do not break, and rise but never fly While I myself cannot be seen, it’s my effects you spy With several ways to measure but in truth there’s mainly two I only seem to disappear when I’m the same as you

I push you out of bed and launch the cat. I bubble up where the earth takes a breath. I mark new starts and thaw old maps.

Sweetness crushed underfoot. The smell of neglect. Or, the imperative.

One of my meanings is a long winding TALE, full of adventure, like the Knights and the Grail. Or picture a TAIL - a string, thin or fat, wound into a ball and beloved by cats.

I am everywhere, even in water, but you can't use it in water. You need me to live.