Philippe Petit, Twin Towers, NYC, 1974
(Imaginary fragment: Sept. 11)
damn these towers high off the deck
check the anchorage over and over
winds howl the quick pure moment
only the act of one God could let this go
I recite my prayers and banish hubris
the last time high in the air a small bird
flew on to my wire I stilled it waited there
while I thought no-thing no-thing nothing
till it vanished with a slight vibration
© 2008 Rob Schackne
OMG awesome photo, unexpected after reading the 'fragment' without it first — and, with my terror of heights, almost as heart-stopping as the sight of the Twin Towers falling.
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