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The Twin Towers Tightrope Walker (sonnet)

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Let's get this straight, am I to understand this guy

walked his first tightrope at the towers of Notre Dame,

gargoyles with wire cutters ready to snip his fame,

Le Stryge spits, First animists, now this: Tell me why.

Next, the nut's on a wire between the twin towers

in Manhattan, just before the Saudis struck oil,

and waves to the jet with bin Ladens fleeing. Royal

vicissitudes kumquat zimbabwe soup powers.

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Let's face it Philippe Petit's an arsonist

and a crazy little mumblepot who must die.

One day some gargoyle will cry out, Reach for the sky,

and shock the f*cker, and he'll fall with a raised fist.

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Why the f*ck the doodle day do we need crazies

flying in the air, no nets, pushing up daisies?

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John Kendall Hawkins is an American ex-pat freelance journalist and poet currently residing in Oceania.

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