JUMP! ! ! ! <br />We were actually, <br />-No Shit- <br />going to do it. <br />Six of us, <br />trained <br />on a tower. <br />Above the clouds, <br />in a Focker, <br />modified but noisy. <br />Fear was palpable. <br /> <br />Maiden? <br />Virgin? <br />Inaugural? . <br />It mattered little <br />what name you chose, it was <br />and remained to be <br />our first jump. <br />SOLO. <br /> <br />If you normally take laxatives or <br />other expeditors <br />you owe yourself <br />the experience. <br />It's hair-raising <br />and very loose. <br /> <br />Packed our own shutes. <br />Chewing gum <br />with a vengeance, <br />for <br />ear-popping prevention. <br /> <br />'Sergeant....I don't think..', <br />feeble coward, <br />what a disappointment <br />I am. <br />Was that liquid <br />or just from the pinto beans? <br /> <br />'No, I won't' is beginning <br />to take hold. <br />SHIT is the word that is <br />closest to becoming <br />widely accepted here. <br />In its human origin, <br />by all concerned. <br /> <br />'Yes, sarge, just <br />give me a minute...', <br />you say with him <br />standing behind you, <br /> so reassuring, so smooth. <br /> <br />'tell me about <br />how you packed it', <br />he teases me <br />and distracts my <br />alert little Amygdala. <br />And then.................... <br />he pushes me out the door. <br />Unceremoniously, <br />quick and hard. <br /> <br />It opens after some hours <br />and the pants stay clean. <br />And, when you land <br />there is just one question to ask: <br />WHY?<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/six-brave-men/
