Initiation

Summer barefoot
walking roadside,
given: the sun 

so raw, asphalt
erupts with water, 
given: there were 

sins. You were 
stunned, patient 
with them. And 

your ankle, your 
calf wet in the sun. 
Not the same as 

forgiven but not 
fallen down to ground
either, given: it 

rains you right 
for once. Tender,
your river of tar.

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