BRIDGE by Robert Thomas

An excerpt from the book Bridge by alumnus Robert Thomas (poetry, ’02) appears at the Tin House Blog:

I walked halfway across this morning, and it made me feel ordinary. Everyone who crosses the Golden Gate thinks of jumping. Even the kid with his skateboard pissing off the pedestrians imagines their reaction if he’d careen down the cable from the south tower and launch himself toward Fort Point. It always depends on savoring a reaction you won’t be there to witness, not so different from writing a letter like this.

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