Acrobat
A poem.
February 28, 2013
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