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walking   it should be simple   locomotion lifting each foot ballarchheel knee
                                                                                                   bends
up hip swingainsocket gluts engage pushforward   then   again   left side
liftbendswingmove forward   late   progress walking to walking from
                                                                                           shoulders in
opposition to movement   scissoring he says I could be less cutting   walk
                                                                                                    keep
walking   in this park the sky is greying bruise blue windy   too trees
shakeandshudder with it   losing twigpieces   it's a wonder   the squirrels
                                                                                         don’t fail out
the benches are suspicious wet not   too empty   walk keep walking  
                                                                                              wearing
red today good colour strongcertainbut strident   sometimes it goes  
                                                                                   maybe   i should
start wearing lipstick too   to match too latespeed up   footballarchheelfoot
bailarchhealfoot   ballarchheel   i’ve never seen a red squirrel then they
                                                                                                    are a
more rust colour not realred   different from the common   with those cute
                                                                                            tufts on
their ears cityparkaquirrels too fat too aggressive they kill trees
                                                                             too gnawing bark
     dawdlingagain   walk   keep walking   footbailarchheelfoot ball arch heel
foot ballarchheel engage push   forward   i think i see him   greycoat  
                                                                                                   by the
floralclockthat’snot floralbecauseit’swinterandtherearenotouriststakingphotos why did
i pick there to meet? stupid firstthingthatcameintomyhead   still   it's near
                                                                                                 Princes
Street late speed up don’twantto fall out fall down again hip swings  
                                                                                        in socket gluts
engage push forward   then   again left side liftbendswingmove forward  
                                                                                                      he’s
looking at the soil   bed   dug   emptyforthewinter   hasn’tseen me yet
                                                                                                  maybe
i’m not late too late   smile   goodtoseehim smells good soapyskin
                                                                              livedinwintercoat
darling have you been waiting long? no   red suits you letago too cold out
                                                                                                here
     palmtopalmwalking        simple        locomotion lifting each foot
ballarchheel knee bends up hip swings in socket gluts engage push
                                                                           forward then again
leftside liftbendswingmove   forward progress   walking to walking from
shoulders in opposition to movement   togetherwalk.