Sword swallowing genius. ALEX

The Eastern Europeans have a courage
Of conviction
To go where no man ever went
And this is never fiction
Alex a young sword swallower
Took his art to where
Sword swallowers have never gone
Into heights of despair

Not just for the artist
But the audience as well
Who watch a man now risk his life
And take us all to hell
Shirt off half black sleeves on show
He swallows a sword and he bends
Then Does back somersaults
Which clearly sends
Us all into a fits of pain
Imagining this is just insane
With the sword inside him how can he
Risk his life so avidly

Then he takes a longer sword and he
Swallows it down for all to see
Then climbs the pole and hangs atop
The drums roll and the eye balls pop
Down he slides stops at the floor
Such timing and such skill and more
Courage truly delivers much
And clearly he is so in touch

With the danger with the courage he
Delivers almost purposefully
It’s perilousness he’s in jeopardy
And of course his vulnerability
Hanging clearly by a thread
One mistake and he is dead
And it’s uncertain how it might go
So precariously part of the show
And unprotected no nets no aid
On his shoulders he has laid

All the risks a temperament
His deliverance clearly content
With his safeguards all in place
To save himself and not lose face
The audience by this time
Watching him swallow watching his climb
Measure the performance off the scale
Are left in awe and looking pale

My question really is why a man
Must create such danger as a plan
To win a contest of ability
It says something about society
Clearly it’s his act and he knows
The dangers as the drama grows
He clearly is a skilful soul
And stamps his fervour with control

It’s a master ship it’s a feat of skill
It’s arduous and takes great will
You don’t have off days with this act
That much we know is a fact
How can he not win every prize
And one hopes that he will realise
Fame and fortune in his quest
To be ten times better than all the rest