< Translations from the Chinese
AN ARTIST
I KNOW a shoeshiner
Who applies his liquid polish
With little thin brushes
And breathes careful anxiety
As he paints the edge of my soles.
He ought to use a mahlstick—
He is an artist at heart.
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