the winnowing of his silhouette
it can't escape from sadness
out here on the graveyard shift
sensing that his break won't come
shrugging off this nagging sense
he'll not live to see one
trying not to think about the dizzy dance of disappearance
that consumes his neighborhood
a world of inhumanity spinning on its axis
like a shimmering bumblebee
his craft becomes
defiantly ascendant
slowing down forever
his soul unfurls such curious wings
far out and elusive skidding
well below the radar
© 1994-2008 KC wilder
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'DEFIANTLY ASCENDANT' READER COMMENTSInteresting but I'd like to see more comments -Megan Pardee, 2007-02-22 00:00:00
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