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The Love Jump
Human effort has a limit, yet Barshim and Tamberi try
to fly over the horizontal bar. Alas! Their attempts end
in frustration at 2.39 meters. Better than breaking the tie
with a jump-off is sharing the gold – Barshim’s thought
falls into Tamberi’s heart, touching the ceiling of feeling.
The rivals turn men, molting the Qatari and the Italian
feathers. In the Land of the Rising Sun, they light the
Olympic cauldron of love. The golden flames burn over
the aching memory of the A-bomb holocaust. Their deed
is entrancing as the Japanese quince flower on the thorny
time. At the base of their sharing, there’s nectar for the world.
First published in The Literary Hatchet
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Fabiyas M V
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