Parachute Drop.


Hieronimo, being once again
As mad as concentration, jumps out plain
Without a net, with gaping air the only
Silent partnership, anent his lonely
Soul, his silent speech a stinging rain.

The clouds rip fog-edged, plentiful and plump;
As days roil quickly by in endless jump.
All controls are sheared, but wind to grasp;
Fruit-colored sun, and then
Red planets rising, plummet-gasp.