An Easier Call Would Have Been To Ignore
The Whole Scene But You Wanted To Soar
Without Leaving The Ground -— Explore
Another Way Of Flying. You Never Explained
This To Me, Afraid I Would Not Understand.
At Least That Part Was True -— I Am Not Afraid
Of Flying Although Landings Do Raise The
Body Heat. I Am Not Bloody Minded, The
Deliberate Meeting Of Two Dissimilar
States Of Motion Is Gracelessness To Me.
You Laughed When I Closed My Eyes, Said
Are You Afraid? I Denied It But Knew I Lied,
Knew A Small Dying In The Euphemism
For Release -— The Cry That Precedes Is A
Dying Breath Expressed Before You Arrive.