March 31, 1997 ?
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You, who oft embrace her feet, I salute you, shoes on Jenni's rack, in red or white or brown or black, who guard her from the gritty street ...
Or you, elastic, soft and sheer,
All you, who get so very close,
Would we serve so, friends, or would we not?
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Longmont, April 23, 1999
In addition to being a tribute to Jenni, this poem is also a satire of R. M. Rilke's "Sonnets to Orpheus I, 10".
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