Pride Goes Before the Fall

leapers get off easy

pride

falling from a

suspension

bridge

easy 

death leap 

sparks 

a final 

thrill ride 

splashing 

down with

conclusive 

thudness 

an epic

detritus 

skimming 

along the 

heave of long 

regretfull 

rivers 

buoyantly

bobbing

atop eddies 

of hubris 

cresting 

aimlessly into 

nothingness 

one way ticket

expiration dates 

are strictly 

enforced on 

leapers 

but the final

gulps of 

briney pride 

swallowed 

by loved ones 

chokes them 

in welling

floods of 

unresolved 

incomprehension 

forcing the

bereaved 

to forever swim 

in a churning 

flotsam during 

unexpired 

lifetimes 

Cab Calloway: Jumpin Jive

Paterson

10/24/13

jbm