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Hitting the Silk The golden parachute we really need We need for the emotions. Severance Can be, of course, itself a payoff. Bleed, Heal, put behind . . . Still, falling from the chance Of hurt through gentle letdown to a ground On which to keep both feet has too a role. Do not suppose, Fall Guy, there will be found A second time such fancies of control As once you had, or so bright element. Long love, deep air, and if not silk and gold, Haiku and kamikaze; loss, descent, Downsizing. Wrap the final scarf, unfold The chute, and skydive neat: response in kind— Part suicide, part payout, part rebirth. Is it mere chance a cliff may be defined As lover’s leap, the real as down to earth? 9 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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