Halfwit Hero

Flying on his heels

like the tips of the waves in the Nile



His hands

not at all trepidacious

but more like a red scarf

of a French woman

unnerving in all her mannerisms

and unaffected



The end

is the countdown

brazen with elbows in the air

like the future

and hope

given at will

to the people

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The People, Yes!

Trepedacious - i love encounters with such words - this one made me envious - elbows in the air (WOW), and The People, Yes - a book or poem by Carl Sandberg, I think - Lady A