{"id":171,"date":"2023-12-01T02:30:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T02:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/19-1\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2023-12-01T02:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T02:39:28","slug":"free-fall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/poetry\/free-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Luis Figueroa<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You\u2019re only given a little spark of madness.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

You mustn’t lose it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Robin Williams<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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eyes blinded by the piercing sun;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

reaching out to clutch the clouds<\/p>\n

  unable to grasp their molecules;<\/p>\n

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tears of sweet bliss shed as the wind pierces bare flesh<\/p>\n

  the familiarity of inevitability develops<\/p>\n

  as one might expect when approaching death;<\/p>\n

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the reaper of souls a familiar companion<\/p>\n

  for life has never held any form of value;<\/p>\n

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madness everlasting\u2014consuming the soul<\/p>\n

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however the madness mustn\u2019t be lost<\/p>\n

  for it\u2019s the only reminder<\/p>\n

  of life\u2019s bitter cruelty;<\/p>\n

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spectators gathered on the sidewalk below<\/p>\n

  gasping in horror and fear;<\/p>\n

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the fuse thought to be burnt out took hold to a single spark<\/p>\n

  courage emanating through veins<\/p>\n

  and then the leap of faith<\/p>\n

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life\u2019s hardships seldom cease to quit as the world collapses around you,<\/p>\n

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death is the only escape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luis Figueroa You\u2019re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it. Robin Williams   eyes blinded by the piercing sun;   reaching out to clutch the clouds   unable to grasp their molecules;   tears of sweet bliss shed as the wind pierces bare flesh   the familiarity of inevitability develops   … <\/p>\n

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