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Living on the Wire
The famous funambulist,
Karl Wallenda said,
'The only place I feel alive is on the wire,'
in 1977, at age 72, he walked
a 720-foot cable
(about 2 football fields) from the
Miami Fountainebleau to the Eden Roc Hotel,
170 feet above the ground
while crowds of people ogled
at his marvelous feat of balance,
he called this walk, 'the toughest stunt
of his life.'
but in Puerto Rico, onl...
Saturday 27th March 2021 3:04 am
Since a Warrior
*
reckless begins the odyssey
when all feeble ties abandon
and shrewd the wish to chart the stars
until a Dipper pours its angel dust
and blind Orion's sword finds its mark
how terrible the dare that motivates
a brazen sailor to kiss
the face of Devil's Thumb
that allows blood-mingled tears to cleanse
doubts before each vision, intruding
yonder barred horizons
by an elect...
Saturday 13th February 2021 6:48 pm
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