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Old Slippers*

by Cyril Wong


Look at you both:
Two upturned palms

That lifted me
Once into the gray,

Uncompromising world.
Hands of a clock

That would point
Mostly in two

Different directions.
Now, one of you points

Backwards, having
Learnt your lesson too

Late, and turning
Around to wonder.



*Previously published in Cider Press Review.