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The Slipper


You must admit
that for our purposes
glass is so much more appropriate
than fur. The sheer rigidity of it—
the diminutive foot perfectly placed
in the form too small for all
the sisters, hiding
nothing of its consummate lines,
able to maneuver on the dancefloor
even to the intricacies of a Gavotte.

Perfect size was always the first rule of beauty.
The second is slipping in to a prescribed shape.


 
© Karen Alkalay-Gut