September Twelfth, 2001
Two caught on film who hurtle
from the eighty-second floor,
choosing between a fireball
and to jump holding hands,
aren't us. I wake beside you,
stretch, scratch, taste the air,
the incredible joy of coffee
and the morning light.
Alive we open eyelids
on our pitiful share of time,
we bubbles rising and bursting
Two caught on film who hurtle
from the eighty-second floor,
choosing between a fireball
and to jump holding hands,
aren't us. I wake beside you,
stretch, scratch, taste the air,
the incredible joy of coffee
and the morning light.
Alive we open eyelids
on our pitiful share of time,
we bubbles rising and bursting
in a boiling pot.
~ X. J. Kennedy ~
~ X. J. Kennedy ~
