Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Icarus

 


Patrick Phillmore

If we were meant to fly
God would have given us wings
my Grandma said

Long after
reading the Classics
I was impressed
by the fate of Icarus:
He got so close to the sun
his wax wings
melted

That's why
I never take a plane.



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