My Servant

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Title:     My Servant
Author: Eunice Tietjens [More Titles by Tietjens]

The feet of my servant thump on the floor. Thump,
    they go, and thump--dully, deformedly.
My servant has shown me her feet.
The instep has been broken upward into a bony cushion.
    The big toe is pointed as an awl. The small
    toes are folded under the cushioned instep. Only
    the heel is untouched.
The thing is white and bloodless with the pallor of
    dead flesh.
But my servant is quite contented.
She smiles toothlessly and shows me how small are her
    feet, her "golden lilies."
Thump, they go, and thump!
  Wusih

[The end]
Eunice Tietjens's poem: My Servant

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