Tuesday, February 28, 2023

a shoe shine

i feel bad for the shoe shine
man
at the train station.
everyone
is wearing
tennis shoes, or felt loafers,
sandals.
he's used the same
tin of polish 
for six years.
who needs a shine now
a days?
who sits there in his wing
tips,
and reads the paper,
while someone
brushes and polishes
his shoes
before the train arrives?

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