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by Kevin Knight
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(“Paratroopers” mobile Version)
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Casting our parachutes,
We welcome the night air into our lungs,
Slipping away to the fantasy of a perfect jump.
Exiting aircrafts in synchronized harmony,
Shouting for the canopy’s arrival,
Before preparing a finale of pirouetted landings.
Who knows this place between the clouds as we do?
The man in the moon smiles back at us
Looking down two thousand feet above the landing zone,
Preparing the wind streams of a flawless evening.
The jumpmaster’s bellows guide my descent back to reality,
Then empower my movements to the pickup site over yonder.
The second wave’s perfect execution
Distract the mile long travel back to the trucks.
Cheerful chit chat and laughter amongst the masses,
As we journey back to the hanger for jump number two.
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Major (Dr.) Kevin Knight is an Army Medical Service Corps officer and adjunct educator for Columbia Southern University. Kevin was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. His work is currently featured in Wingless Dreamers’ My Glorious Quill, and is forthcoming in Genre Urban Arts’ BLACKOUT edition, Southeast Missouri State University Press’ Proud To Be edition, and the Line of Advance.
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