POLISHED BROWN LOAFERS

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The train looks to be empty
but there is a man
who is looking at his hands---
and his hands are looking at
his feet;
his feet obscured by
polished brown loafers
and twelve toes
that count the feet
from edge to edge
and how long it takes
to fall and fly
and see

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