“Tightrope”
He walks the tightrope in the air
while all the people sit and stare,
and as they watch, the thought of all
is will this fellow slip and fall.
No doubt – he’d be the bravest yet
if down below there were no net.
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The Lonely Meatball 
I confess, if I were in that line of work I would probably like the net, too.
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I’ll confess — I wouldn’t be in that line of work!!
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Of course he needs a net! I’ve always been prettycreeped out by daredevils in general–always excepting SuperDave, of course.
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I hate to say it – but I don’t know who SuperDave is. I’ve been pretty creeped out by daredevils too and I’m happy if there’s a net for them. The narrator in the poem is probably some kind of sadist who would prefer no net.
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You must be quite a young person! Why, Super Dave Osborne was a cultural–uh– ICON! There–I’ve said it!
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