she said
to
her friend

i don't like
walking
over this
bridge

seeing
the water
through the
grates
scares me

better than
boiling lava
and
fire breathing dragons
feasting on
skewered skulls
i thought

hoping to
telepathically
induce in
her
a
rational
perspective

if only
i could
comfort
myself
likewise
when i
fly over
manhattan