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.
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.
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