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Metaphysics of an Old Shoe
By Don Iannone

I thought I knew,
but I didn't,
I wanted to know,
but I couldn't,
I tried to know, but
in a way I shouldn't,
Walking along one day,
I came upon an old shoe in the road
that helped me see--why I wasn't
seeing things differently than I do,
Same road, different shoes,
Different eyes, walking through
life at different times,
Seeing what I saw and I didn't,
Knowing what I know and couldn't,
Walk a mile in another man's shoes,
Now I see what before I couldn't.

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