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by Mark Waddell
the man who struggled
with spotting the obvious
had never heard
the sound of a falling possum
before
and in its own kinda way
it was
quite beautiful
before
the impact of course
he tried to resuscitate it
pumping away
at its little heart
and kissing those
funny lips
its broken body
limp in his arms
but to no
avail.
from then onwards
everything
was sad in his life
as
he couldn’t
get the sound of the falling possum
out of his
mind
until
now being aware of such things
he heard
the beautiful sound again
and turned around
just in time
to catch
another falling possum
this time saving its life
the man now understanding
why the bridge
he walked under every day
was called
suicide possum bridge.
—
by Mark Waddell, from On the Cusp of Greatness (£7.99, £2.99 Kindle)
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