Waiting for a Foot - Oct. 7, 2024
- Gary Hunter
- Oct 7, 2024
- 1 min read
watch a kicked pebble
leap off the street
tumble in the air
bounce low
fork left
skip back to the right
the physics of a booted rock
is like the trajectory of a life
highflying kickstart
to an acrobatic arc
tumbling over and over
free in movement till it
slows to a roll
crosses the sidewalk
disappears into grass
a resting stone once again
a stone like all the others
a stone living as expected
quiet patient agreeably
dull ignored
wouldn’t it be nice
to be in the right place
and the right time
when a shoe starts to take
a big swing?
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