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Flying: A Letter

remember, if you will, that Thursday afternoon
with the windows down
and salt on our lips

we talked about dying
we talked about flying--some late August night

(shift:
first
second
third
fourth)

over the bridge and through the railing
poised for only a moment
our heads thrown back
tongues soft against the roofs of our mouths
eyes closed and arms outstretched
falling
wrong,

flying

into a night so dark and papered
the creases barely show

(look there! sobbing on your shoulder
a blackness smeared and blotted
with words gasped and slurred)

you and I
we are young and hateful
but oh!
doesn't it sound grand?

A. Hartman
Age 17

Posted 06/19/2007
 

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