One day, cloudless, Refined to a clarity, to one colour as with a wall, The famous international explorer, 5 Saint Jacque, to escape the strictures of his race, Leapt (formally dressed) Off of three bridges, leaping With triple-reenforced rubber bands Celastics") Gripping his British African ankles. 10 'I go to save all men,' indignant, jumping, 'After the manner of the Afriks.') His tux-tails catching the airs wings, he went. Be pulled up just short Of the water (or the rocks) whichever 15 Was appropriate in whichever case. And after, when I proposed: Why why (the background sistrums sheathing Sounds with sounds) His teeth cried out (smiling): 20 To feel as if alive. NOTE: The ritual described here is taken from a reclusive tribe in the Congo where it is a rite of passage for young boys intended to make them independent of the shrewdness and courage of women, the story being that a 25 woman ones, to escape from her husband into the arms of her lover tied vines to her ankles and jumped from a cliff; the husband was too scared to follow, thus making good her escape and happy her life. (Now a common sport in North America.)
From the collection "Youth Youth Youth"
Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]
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