head first, 
in the pose
of the Hanged Man
in the Tarot. 
This is what I notice,
because I do. 
Suffering is
as unavoidable as rain, 
and death
comes for all of us. 
Could it have been
avoided? 
We don't avoid the falling every year, 
but I don't know that
we have the lesson 
down to heart yet. 
The cards flip over: 
the tower reversed 
and this poor soul
plummeting. 
A card presented to us
until 
we nearly forget
this was a man.
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