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Bridgework
Feet grapple for a foothold
a high-wire walker
groping my way
across corporate bridgework
to snatch the next rung.
Choices find me holding
steel cables, a human skyscraper
erect one day, poised precariously
the next or lying down on the job
ready to fall into oblivion.
My mind is stuffed with clutter
clients blur into oneness
until I hang by my fingertips.
Tenuous grip slips further
with each determined day.
No one's there to toss me
a life preserver but there's always
someone prepared to push me down
grabbing for my ring of success.
Fate raises her capricious hand.
Previously published in Petals, August 2004 and Prose Toad, January 2005.
Sharon Rothenfluch Cooper is a member of the Friends of the Oregon Symphony and an active member
of The WellArts Institute devoted to mental health. She is a poet-in-residence at the Argonaut's Boat
and soldiersheart.org. and member of the World Poets Society. Her poetry has appeared in numerous
International, hard copy and internet magazines. Her chapbook, Reach Beyond, was winner of the MAG
Press, 2005 International Chapbook Competition. In April 2005, twenty-three of her poems were presented
in the play, Soldier’s Heart in Lincoln Hall at Portland State University to Sold Out audiences and recorded on DVD. .
Email: Sharon Rothenfluch Cooper
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