The Falling Man

Design by Alina Susani

Did he laugh 

    when 

he fell out

​ of history? 

         Plunging

 into oxygen 

                        His body 

          limp, arms 

                  windmill in

           a flap or flail

         Did he know 

                    he could fly

When adrenaline

       licked

his toes

      And thrashed

    into his 

           kidney? 

     Did he know 

  He would

miss

         ​​           What he was falling for?

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