A Swing Is Better Than A Noose

The real deal

Once

I
went so far
down

that some people
might say

IF

it had been

documented

That I wasn't

"lucid"

My lucidity

came
from a swing
that
arced
from River Road
over the
West branch
of the Westfield River

My family
had to trust
that
I
wouldn't
let go
as I swung out
standing
forty feet
above the river
and it's rocks.