Philipe Pettit high wire artist

broke the law in a good way

by trespass and brazen deception

to gain access to the skies around

Notre Dame then the Twin Towers

both predating the flames. 

 

Showman, born a Leo

raised his art aloft

formed a determined team of friends and

 

with bow and arrow shot a cable

to make a tenuous bridge

on the broad shoulders of New York,

and as heavy and as light as air

 

flirted with the public,

who looked up to see the fool

who played with gravity

a hero who never succumbed to ground zero.