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Janie Braverman's avatar

Great opening line: "The ceiling is low for a backflip,"

I'm thinking about the circus - both the real and the metaphorical.

man of aran's avatar

Thanks, Janie!

Elizabeth Schmelzenbach's avatar

Thank goodness for the defiance of the circus and your poem.

man of aran's avatar

Thank you, Elizabeth!

Nathan Keller's avatar

Sooner than later. Painting hundred year old houses is a circus act. The man on the flying trapeze. Das ve danya gesundheit I say to your health when I go up to the roof to paint dormers.

Weston Parker's avatar

I wonder what the story is behind the back flip.

man of aran's avatar

Good question. I just know Wall stages his photos like a movie director does a scene. The people are all cast according to his vision and he ‘directs’ them. So I suppose he must have found someone capable and willing to do the flip.