When Nijinsky died, they cut open his feet
to find the secret of his dance. His bones,
it turns out, were like anyone’s.
With each step, our heels sink that much
deeper into earth. We have
nowhere else to go. Once my mother
crossed and recrossed an entire field
to find my sandal. Now she’s gone;
she left her darning.
:: Jody Gladding, Stone Crop
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