Bravery on Tenth Street
This morning a man
his head hanging from
the weak curved stem
of neck feeble wife
beside him her hands
grip a walker a small
shopping bag knotted
to her wrist she leans
slides toward him he
turns his head pain looks
up around alarmed steadies
her she is upright they
walk ten or twelve steps
are suddenly stalled
she begins to drift tremble
he stands a twisted bulwark
his eyes on the pavement how
to get home half a block
away was life this long
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