It is quite possibly the longest lasting yearning
ache in existence and Icarus began the rush
with wax wings succumbing to a jealous sun
continued by the great Leonardo sketching
a wing-flapping flying machine. In ancient
times those convinced they were the Messiah
set out to prove their divine origins in flight
succeeding in emphasizing the proclivity of
the human body to shatter on impact with the
Earth. No one wants to admit the non-existence
of Superman. Yet humans remain transfixed
by their shortcomings, the most able, intelligent
creature on Earth cannot match the effortless flight
of a bird. More latterly humanity devised extreme
sports and parachute-jumping came into vogue.
Human nature in its extreme fascination with
extending the bounds of the possible now leaps
into thin air convinced an abrupt fall averted by
a timely parachute break can offer them the ultimate
frisson of elation and terror and live to boast the story.
Sadly, extreme leaps sometimes pair with extreme
crashes leaving obituaries to praise the departed as
beautiful, courageous souls who lived to the fullest.
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