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eyeless in the morning sun you were,pale and mild, a modern girl.
taken with thought still prone to care
makin tea in your underwear.
skydiving
skydive the ranch. it’s a real thing. we really did it. we really jumped out of an airplane at 14000 ft. i’m not a huge fan of surprises, and he didn’t tell me until an hour before we left the house, but this was the best surprise present i’ve ever received.
as we were falling my instructor told me about a malfunction that his chute had earlier that day, and about how he had to cut loose the canopy.
-and then what happened?
i was already so nervous, i could already barely breathe, and i may or may not have already peed my pants a little. i had just signed a hundred different statements accepting full responsibility for possible death, injury to some or all parts of my body, and disfigurement.
-and then the reserve came out
he said, and i felt a lot better and i relaxed a little bit. i hadn’t thought about reserves.
but the world was beautiful from the sky and i’ve never felt so alive.
(and perhaps the whole world was meant to be seen from that angle too)
