Dare Me ........
So , it look as though I'm going to live - atleast for another 60 years or more.But whenever i need to reassure myself of this , as i sometimes do , i go to the waterhole and i stare down into it, and then , with a firm intent i strip of my shirt and i leap straight out into what you might call the great sublime.
Lets say its my own personal way of checking for vital signs. I call it the Dead mans hole-- should belong to a guy who nearly died and who , by the way, has no intention of living.It is a green mineral pool gouged between a circular limestone cliff.
Coming Next ...............My First Waterhole Jump
I stand next to the 20 foot water hole and examine the drop -and myself while i am at it.Its a deep drop so deep that it makes the roof of my mouth go dry just looking at it Its long enough for a guy to actually think on the way down and to think more than one thought too.Long enough to think first one thing A little fear is good for you, and then another Its good for you if you can swim and then one more thing when i hit the water "Of Fuck its cold". As i jump there are certain unmistakable signs that i am alive; the press of my pulse the insistent sound of my own breathing and the whanging in my chest thats my heary , which then is like a prisoner beating on the bars of the ribcage.
I come up whooping through the foam and swim shore. At what point do you let go of not dying ? Maybe i didnt entirely and maybe wi wouldnt.
Lets say its my own personal way of checking for vital signs. I call it the Dead mans hole-- should belong to a guy who nearly died and who , by the way, has no intention of living.It is a green mineral pool gouged between a circular limestone cliff.
Coming Next ...............My First Waterhole Jump
I stand next to the 20 foot water hole and examine the drop -and myself while i am at it.Its a deep drop so deep that it makes the roof of my mouth go dry just looking at it Its long enough for a guy to actually think on the way down and to think more than one thought too.Long enough to think first one thing A little fear is good for you, and then another Its good for you if you can swim and then one more thing when i hit the water "Of Fuck its cold". As i jump there are certain unmistakable signs that i am alive; the press of my pulse the insistent sound of my own breathing and the whanging in my chest thats my heary , which then is like a prisoner beating on the bars of the ribcage.
I come up whooping through the foam and swim shore. At what point do you let go of not dying ? Maybe i didnt entirely and maybe wi wouldnt.
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