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