I crossed
over
u
n
d
e
r
b e l o w
yet never received
any recognition
I tried
here there
everywhere
yet never won
any award
I asked for love
here across
boldly surreptitiously
yet never elicited
any response
higher
higher
I leaped
f
a
l
l
i
n
g
f a r
d
o
w
n
til I was no more
but
a splat of flesh
on the hard tarmac
making
HEADLINES !!