The trick is in appearing unsteady while being in total control. She slides her feet along the wire. Waiting far below, he cranes his neck, holds his breath in tune with the rapt audience.

For these two, it’s just a job. When she falls he is ready. Work. Life. Balance.

Clodagh O Connor lives in Dublin, Ireland and has always loved reading. She is working on becoming a writer, but constantly distracts herself with wet felting, origami, bird watching, cycling, haiku writing, baking, reading and internet rabbit holes.