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Not Averse
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.