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Poetry 
"New Sandals"
by David A. Ross


New sandals,
Sandals from the Holy Land,
Shoes made of leather,
To walk upon the earth.

I sat one morning underneath a shady tree,
A Eucalyptus tree,
And listened
To the sounds of yet another day.
I, the poet,
A man locked within himself.
And the birds sang,
And the children in the schoolyard played their games,
And the village women swept the sidewalk,
And I had time,
Precious time,
All the time in the world,
All the minutes of my life,
To retreat inside,
To reconnect,
To find the long lost center,
My center of gravity.

Then I happened to glance across the street,
Only to see the lame grocer
Standing in front of his fine shop
Wearing my new sandals,
Identical sandals,
Shoes from the Holy Land,
Shoes bought at discount,
Shoes made of leather,
To walk upon the earth.

And as I saw the grocer,
The grocer also saw me.
We watched each other
As we watched each other.
We each looked down at our feet,
Calloused feet,
In our new sandals,
Identical sandals,
Shoes from the Holy Land,
Shoes bought at discount,
Shoes made of leather,
To walk upon the earth.

And we laughed and laughed.
Then we cried tears of joy,
Joy over our new sandals.






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David A. Ross
About the Author:
David A. Ross was born January 6, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to his career as a novelist (Good Morning Corfu, 2009; Open Books; How High The Wall, 2008; Open Books; Sacrifice and the Sweet Life, 2003, Escape Media; A Winter Garden, 2003, Escape Media; Stones, 2001, Escape Media; Xenos, 1998, Escape Media; Calico Pennants; 1997, Escape Media), he is a former columnist and contributing editor for Southwest Art Magazine (1984-1985). His first novel, Calico Pennants, was a finalist in the 1997 National Writer's Association Novel Competition. David A. Ross lives on the Island of Corfu, Greece, where he is the editor of Corfu Magazine and Moronic Ox Literary & Cultural Journal.
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