I remember when

We didn’t know we could die

Not really

And so we’d jump 40 feet

To the dark waters below

Or leap into the chutes

Of the city river dam

To be shot like bullets

Into the rapidd on the other side

I jumped across balconies

And punched holes in the ice

Along the frozen Ridesu Canal

Sometimes we hid in trains

Hoping to be carried away

Because we couldn’t die

Not in those days