pressie
Bit of a memory for me. I was feet away from a young suicide girl. She jumped on her father's birthday. She was looking at me, and I at her. Then, it was all security and sirens. Off a multistory car park parapet onto concrete. Thud! Days later we got the backstory (by a weird synchronicity), off of her boyfriend.
THE PRESENT
dull sound
it was very loud
for a dull sound
looking up she was
looking back
we held the moment
just looking
her on the concrete
several stories down
where she jumped
she
was up
some steps
so our eyes were on the level
the distance of a corridor with glass doors
then people
security and
so on..
later that morning
she died in casualty
according to the grapevine
a few days..
then
same spot
Parkside Café
Indoor Market
got talking
to this guy
at random
turned out he was her
man
she left the flat
about 9am as usual
all matter of fact
he said
told me she was going
to give her dad
his birthday
present
sharing facts
nothing more
is how it is
this town
apparently she was
23
her eyes often return
just looking
is how it is
this town
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last thing she will ever know
is heard by everyone—
on the concrete
jp
several stories down
the flowers rise
in slow-mo
08-04-13
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