The Girton Poetry Group

Not Averse

Acapulco

The girl poised and primed,

ground crumbling beneath her feet

to meet the water channelling below.

The crowds stand restless with suspense

to capture the flight and fall of

the girl poised and primed.

Evadne the unseizable defying Iphis,

she jumps

to meet the water channelling below.

Held aloft by spray

she floats above the curl and spume of sea, and then

the girl poised and primed

to dive

is gone, sunk without trace

to greet the water channelling below.

And you, voyeur,

approach the ledge to find

the girl poised and primed

as she flees the water channelling below.