He walks, rosary in hand, up the steps.
His tread is broken, fragile, and the joggers
Might hear his breath, each sharp inhalation,
Each hissing exhalation, were it not for their
Own breathless haste, their pounding feet,
Strutting out their health in upward bounds.
He takes a rest; age has bowed him.
He wipes his...
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