The identity of a walk
depends upon its environment:
The slow, smiling walk
down a country road,
The hand in hand walk
of two lovers
through a pasture,
The observant, amused walk
down the Sunset Strip,
The swift, silent half-dressed walk
out the back door
of a secret lover's house,
Walking a tightrope,
The first steps of a child
towards a mother
as she deviously backs away
to encourage more steps,
A march into battle and
the triumphant parade
that follows,
or the hasty retreat,
The floating bounce from
a sweetheart's porch,
The pallbearer’s march,
The swaying steps of the seductress,
The old woman behind her walker,
A long distance walk
with a thumb in the air,
A one way walk.
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