Placing Our Feet with Care on This Earth
       

In Los Angeles, my friend will soon learn to walk.
Her ankles will remember how to line up

so her weight can settle down
and they can hold up.

In Alaska, snowmelt's ankle-deep
slush puddles firm up overnight.

Slick, this world. Our soles
get away from us.

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Copyright © 2018 Peggy Shumaker All rights reserved
from Cairn: New & Selected
Red Hen Press
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