Come To The Edge

“Come to the edge.
“We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It’s too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
And they came
And he pusehd
And they flew.”

— Christopher Logue

4 Comments leave a comment below

  1. i love your site and work (temp tattoos). this is not the correct author, Guillaume Apollinaire wrote this poem, your posted version is slightly edited.

    Chrissy Bures
    Aug 23rd, 2019 / 9:33 pm

  2. i think you meant “pushed” ?

    s woo
    Aug 27th, 2019 / 12:15 pm

  3. Chrissy Bures is correct.

    Come to the edge,” he said.
    “We can’t, we’re afraid!” they responded.
    “Come to the edge,” he said.
    “We can’t, We will fall!” they responded.
    “Come to the edge,” he said.
    And so they came.
    And he pushed them.
    And they flew.
    Guillaume Apollinaire

    Erika Stocker
    Sep 2nd, 2019 / 1:04 pm

  4. Alternative version for UK readers:

    Come to the edge,” he said.
    “We can’t, we’re afraid!” they responded.
    “Come to the edge,” he said.
    “We can’t, We will fall!” they responded.
    “Come to the edge,” he said.
    And so they came.
    And he pushed them.
    And they fell and died on the ground.
    – Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister

    Rene Bach
    Sep 3rd, 2019 / 6:52 am