Boots
Pink calf-skin and line with fleece,
once, they were tied at the ankle;
now they hang together
from faded laces,
knotted fast over time.
Even the paper
where they lay at rest
crackles, is pale
and bloodless.
It is hard to picture
the angel-child
who once walked
in these
my shoes.
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