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Acrobat

A poem.

  • By Laura Purdie Salas

Acrobat 听

bounds 听

carelessly through the dark cavity, dismissing 听

Earth's

field of 听

gravity. 听

Hanging infinitely above the crowd, he

jumps, 听

kicks, 听

leaps, performs a

mile-high minuet with 听

no net, 听

orbiting overhead like a shooting star, then 听

plunging in a 听

quicksilver dive, a 听

racing

silky 听

tumble 听

until all that's 听

visible are cart-

wheeling arms and legs, a spinning

x, a

yellow blur that 听

zips, slips (but doesn't trip) from the ring,

听skybound again.
听

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