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First

September 2, 1998

I walked to the tight rope
who has that much will
to live, to their life, to all life

that just one step could come
and they would be carried down.

I could tight rope,
I had thoughts when I
would see the tight rope walkers go
I had thoughts that they
would hold on to an extra
rope, when they should keep

their arms free. would a man
decide on a tight rope
well, decide to play it safe and
just once hold on to a rope?
I mean, if I was somebody
else, and it was just me
and that simple white light?

I would wonder if people like
that would ever get to that
place.
I wonder if I’d get to
that point, like right before
that moment, when you think you’re going to fall.


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