The same sun that whitewashes the concrete
below her inch-thick soles slides long shadows
under the edge of her charcoal duster,
which dangles about her ankles like bat wings.
The light throws her towering heels into relief,
rendering them even more monstrous,
frosting the deep inkiness of her boots,
highlighting each fold, crease, seam from sharp toe
to shin before the leather straightens and smoothes,
ascending her calf until taut, shiny.
From the top of the shaft, her denim-clad
knee emerges, bent, points arrow-like
to the word on the van’s side: “Hyundai.”
Copyright © 2010 by Anthony W. Artuso
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