Jessica Dubroff
You took your fame
And grasped it hard
With fingers
Locked in time

We saw the flash
Of your small life
And how it crashed
Upon the rocky crust
Of distant goals
And strong desire

Your name may
Quickly shatter
And decay
Within this universe
Of data thirst
And media play
But in this shard
Of digital flak
There will always be
That first attack
Of one girl's
   flight
      from gravity
         from travesty
From social blight
   and spiritual insanity

Take us with you
   lead the way
May we learn to see beyond our
   age
      beyond our skin
Beyond the limits
   of the wind

(c) 1996 Oliver Smith