You
asked me to set down my satchel -
We had a good twenty-minute
Wait ahead of us, you reasoned.
Blurting out, Id feel naked
Without it, I was startled
Into the realization
That I had grown used to my load
Of care, the bunched-up muscles
In my shoulder, the need
Not to be perceived as slothful
And weak.
27
May 2001
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