30 January 2013
Today is a good day to die, but First you and I, we
Climb the tallest building in Europe, On the outside! 310 metres of glass,
You, with a camera, on the ground, Me, with my arse up The Shard,
A crowd gathering, security guards, Hovering, shouting me down, but
50 metres up they have no chance, I am looking into offices through
Tinted glass, astounded Suits aghast At my audacity, my stupidity? Surely
I wouldn't reach all the way to the top, Not with just an old pair of climbing
Shoes that you gave me, and these Awesome sucker clamps we saved
So long and hard for, they make me Feel like Spider Man man, like
Some tiny lizard, a gecko trying to Shimmy up the side of the
Tallest tree in the forest, and me Putting my life in the vacuum of
Technology, each agonising reach Celebrated by a sucking whoosh
Of air, as the valves fire and create The vacuum that dares to question
Gravity. What a ride! I can feel the Oxygen, the pollution, the turbulence
Of city life, diluted ever more as I Climb higher and higher, steel wires
No barrier for this Shard Warrior, And 200 meters up, you are just
A spot on the ground, but I know You tube me live, our views spiralling
Skyscraper high with each meter I Rise, a million people worldwide
Watching this, willing me higher, But I know their secret desire is
That I fall. You think I will? Just 50 meters more, and still
I think I'll make it. I can see a group Of people in uniform at the top,
Waiting, miserable official faces, Debating how I will pay for this crime
Against humanity, handcuffs at the Ready, harnessed up, steady
Against those who dare to challenge Society so blatantly as this. It's
Just then I stop. Stop dead. Start Pulling out a pen and writing this,
This diary, step by step, deciding On an ending that will not only
Be triumphant but also make a great Epitaph to this magnificent event.
Should I carry on? 15 metres more? It wouldn't be so hard to be arrested
After claiming The Shard. But What if? What if I just jumped?
Hit the valves, released the air, and Just freefalled down from here?
What a way to die, flying, trying to Stabilise the fall, mirrored glass
Reflecting me plunging against a Winter sky. Why? Why not!
I'd hit the ground superfast, and hard Instantly famous for Ghosting The Shard
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