two feet
same size as mine
but not nearly as well-travelled

sheathed in cotton athletic socks
supported by denim-wrapped calves

slicing air
above sky-blue bed spread
silently
absently
continuously

back and forth
back and forth
back and forth
and going nowhere at all

but carrying me back
years

to a time
when that was the most important thing in the world
I had to do
on a
Saturday afternoon

and forth
to a time

when
it
still
is.

12/30/2005