he wanted to take part
scuffling to front in sneakers------ t-shirt
swinging legs on front bench
other participants busy
middle-aged men kneeling
washing bumpy feet
friends hugging
boy didn’t know protocol
----------- come with someone else
the music will stop and then he’ll go back
head lowered
she wanted to take heart
shuffling forward in red wool coat
old black lady in white shiny church
takes water and towel and kneels
arthritic joints before him
and washes smooth boy feet
they walk back
having taken part
heart
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