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The Dominant One

Don Mathis

A doormat at a cottage doorway sends an unmistakable message. Often summer visitors on Cape Cod outstay their welcome with family and friends.

The Dominant One – Don Mathis

Doormat lies on floor.
Foot walks on it,
dirtying Doormat’s face
with shoe mud.
Doormat takes it,
supports Foot.
Foot is dependent
on Doormat’s support,
becomes used to
Doormat always there.
Until one day,
Doormat turns over
a new life.
The footfalls arrive
but Foot falls,
heels over head,
hard, hitting floor.
Doormat is gone –
and is blamed
for Foot’s downfall.
Who is the dominant one?

 

 

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