some people can't handle
waking up
and going to work.
they need to swim
the english channel,
or do the dog paddle
from miami
to havana. they want
to sail around
the world
on an inner tube, climb
everest
without a shirka,
just bare hands
and a granola bar.
and then you read
about them later,
heroically saved from
the sharks and falls,
near drownings,
near death. they lie
in an intensive care ward.
giving thumbs up
to the camera,
saying i'll try again
next year, you'll see,
once my bones heal,
and i get some rest.
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