Crashing

how often when I crash through the nets
that are supposed to be there 
I think to myself, well at least

at this very moment I am flying
through the air since plummeting
is a form of flight until

it's not
and that has comforted me a lot
at various circuses

over time
and made a kind of life
instant to instant

so that I am unaware almost
of any reason to despair
since some instants

last a  spangled lifetime.

mary angela douglas 24 october 2019