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leaping into loss (Free verse) by skaskowski
i crept along
the lip of a crevasse,
the creek and tunnel below
sin black.
both beckoned my body
to tumble down, fumble and
slide deep inside
where the whispering waters fade
into the night.
something calls out
from that odd intersection;
where concrete and water
meet flush with each other.
a crude voice, a whisper,
or a child's screams,
calling for help,
do i dare stay here
even one more minute?
a smashed television,
a painted underpass
further down the tracks,
all so attractive
and surreal to me.
but no dream could
sound so eerie,
like a thousand voices screaming
in horror at once.
and that's just a car passing overhead.
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