Pause

Have you ever wanted to be the one
at the top of the ladder,
swaggering around on the scaffolding,
making small talk with the chimney pots?
Have you ever stood
at the top of a flight of stairs
or on a bridge over a motorway
or above a raging river
or on castle battlements
or on the balcony
of an apartment building
or hotel
and wondered,
just briefly,
what it would be like
to throw yourself
off?


The Drop