You and I, at opposite ends

of the universe, perform

our unusual dance, you,

spinning clockwise to the

delight of the audience, and I,

in opposing rotation,

clapping my hands to

the rhythm that sustains us.

Your sudden collapse

becomes my death, my spin

thrown akilter, my charge

reduced to zero.

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Angelo Giambra’s poetry has appeared in Southern Poetry Review, South Dakota Review, The Atlanta Journal and several other journals. His poem “The Water Carriers” appears on Ted Kooser’s site, American Life In Poetry.