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An interesting body

Rich Foss

I have an interesting body.
In a mall, older folks sneak glances
when I’m not looking.
They work so hard to be respectful
and get their peeks in too.
But two-year-olds, they know how to look at me.
They linger as they go by, maybe even stop,
gazing at my three-wheeled wheelchair,
my bent feet and legs stacked like firewood.
They check out my hands and arms.
Eventually they get to my eyes.
Sometimes they have a parent tugging at them.
Only two-year-olds get to the eyes
that go with this interesting body.
When our eyes meet,
they gaze at me like God.

Rich Foss is a member of Plow Creek Fellowship in Tiskilwa, Ill.

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Last modified April 19, 2001.

© 2001 Mennonite Brethren Herald.
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