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Thursday, 14 October 2021

Duet - Trish Harris

I became an old woman
age eleven

Doctor and physio
circling my fingers
around a stick

bone on wood

Swinging my legs
to a new rhythm

wood on bone
bone on wood

Instructing me
in the art
of walking a duet

heel toe
bone wood
stick stick

Trish Harris (born 1962) New Zealand
Source: Poetry Shelf

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