After Snake River Canyon Jump
Was there a time mid-air to recollect
the years, the women, incorrigible flight
over burnt out trucks, radial tires?
It was never the idea of launching but landing
the ability to strike a pose, let the rhinestones
glitter to envy flashbulb spray.
Ovations in your name
at the lips of every kid with a BMX, oil barrel.
Now talk show mornings, kitchen clock hum
accentuate the state of your liver
rivered with infection
the cheapening of Wild Turkey
sump oil apothecary.
This stilted charade, old man
arc welded between the bourbon and a nap--
nostalgia close-captioned
red, white and blue.
The rest clings:
carefully chosen vistas
out of retirement complexes
a bathroom mirror moment:
feet slipped from kick pegs
but a hell grip on handlebars.
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