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FOOTPRINTS ON THE ROOF (EXCERPT)

Burrows


Out in the country I walk across towns

	I'll never see:

mazy metropolises

	under the earth

	 where rabbits hide from foxes

	     foxes hide from dogs

	     full-bellied snakes sleep snugly

		worms work uncomplaining

Where what you see is nothing--

what counts is what you smell

	or hear or feel

I try to tread softly:

	a quiet giant

	   leaving only footprints

		on the roof

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