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.

  2. i think you meant “pushed” ?

  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

  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