A Belly-Flop is a Sort of Dive
By mark_yelland-brown
Wed, 18 Jun 2008
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A belly-flop is a sort of dive,
and it's a start anyway.
Those bombers who choked at the last minute,
bluster and bravado,
we all know they bottled it.
And that belly-flop,
what a smack, crack,
everyone `felt` the pain,
and you were afraid to re-surface.
When I was young I felt compelled to jump off things...
The scar is still red and smarting.
Standing,
teetering over the side,
watch this dive!
(and the bombers congregate)
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So cleverly
So cleverly summarised:
'When I was young I felt compelled to jump off things...
The scar is still red and smarting.'
One of those poetic 'less is more' moments that I strive for and always end up saying too much - show not tell!
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