Acrobats, Poetry and Metaphors

The Acrobats — Shel Silverstein

I'll swing

By my ankles,
She'll cling
To your knees
As you hang
By your nose
From a high-up
Trapeze.

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Constantly Risking Absurdity (#15) — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Constantly risking absurdity
                                             and death
            whenever he performs
                                        above the heads
                                                            of his audience
   the poet like an acrobat
                                 climbs on rime
                                          to a high wire of his own making

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