Nijinsky, Age 50, Jumping

by Mercedes Lawry

In the madhouse, shattered and lost,
now plump, Nijinsky jumps on command.
His wife, herself a fractured character
from the darkest fairy tale, insists
there will be a comeback, a return to glory.

The trajectory of a tragic life hums
like a bad electric current. Ravage of body,
butchered mind, what remains may have no
descriptors, only this faded photograph,
a man aloft.

~~~~~

Author Bio
Mercedes Lawry was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. More >

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