it almost blew me away
over the cliff
like a hat or a shopping bag

the freedom

the down in my jacket
begging for it
like Icarus
without the proper equipment

how easy it would be

once off the ground
to keep going

Copyright © Nicole Devarenne, 2007.

 

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Nicole Devarenne grew up in South Africa and the U.S.A. She wrote her PhD in South African literature at the University of York, and now teaches part-time at the University of Dundee. She is currently writing her first novel.