Pieces of Eight (2020)

Walk

Walk

I knew a girl who walked like Walter Brennan
She said it wasn’t because one leg was too short,
but that the other was too long. In any case,
she covered the ground between here and there.

These days she doesn’t have that quirky hop-along.
Doesn’t see the leaves turn brown or kick them
down the street. What didn't bend now doesn’t straighten.
The clock throws up its hands, and keeps moving on.

Written for Express it in Eight" 9.15.20
Prompt: Walk