Sol 5.6

  1. And I walked hand-first, before my leg could take its step—

    the shuffle of one in fetters beneath a hunchbacked spine.

  2. Whenever I saw a figure, I would say, “Three—

    or one?”—and think him still far away.

  3. My sons settled the matter without my knowing it;

    and when I was present, I was like one absent.

Sol 5.6