First: Just don’t.

Dolphins don’t have bucket lists.
They don’t care about yours.
They get a little depressed
when you look timid
and scrunch up your shoulders like,
“OMG. I am so proud of myself
for doing this.”
Then jump in
feet first.

Afterwards,
when you tell your buddies,
you roll your eyes
and say,
“It was no big deal.”
And they press you,
asking if it changed you.

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This poem first appeared in the Sep. 2019 issue of the San Antonio Review.