The 59th Street Bridge
by "OBSIDIAN!!!" [Excerp from “This Eye of Mine” c. 2006]
it spirals
and arches triumphantly
with gladdened steel lattices
above sparkling black waters
it's precipice is a
window unto the other
side of the door...
a fatal slip and you
can almost feel the winds
roar...
as the jet streams rattle
your
shirt your pants the breeze
whipping finger-like through
your hair
oh! what a grand affair
this final leap
this...
freedom ride this...
suicide
and now for the grand finale
as the liquid road
rises to meet you
the unheard splash
of wash...
the concrete break
of bone and flesh
the head dash
smashes
the boulder dash
like a car crash...
on the FDR
the watery currents never
leaving a scar
but...
it spirals
and arches triumphantly
with gladdened steel lattices
above sparkling black waters
it's precipice is a
window unto the other
side of the door
by "OBSIDIAN!!!" [Excerp from “This Eye of Mine” c. 2006]
it spirals
and arches triumphantly
with gladdened steel lattices
above sparkling black waters
it's precipice is a
window unto the other
side of the door...
a fatal slip and you
can almost feel the winds
roar...
as the jet streams rattle
your
shirt your pants the breeze
whipping finger-like through
your hair
oh! what a grand affair
this final leap
this...
freedom ride this...
suicide
and now for the grand finale
as the liquid road
rises to meet you
the unheard splash
of wash...
the concrete break
of bone and flesh
the head dash
smashes
the boulder dash
like a car crash...
on the FDR
the watery currents never
leaving a scar
but...
it spirals
and arches triumphantly
with gladdened steel lattices
above sparkling black waters
it's precipice is a
window unto the other
side of the door
