11,668. YOU CAN'T HOLD THE HAND

YOU CAN'T HOLD THE HAND

You can't hold the hand that

holds the heart, not even jugglers

do that  -  always that extra object

in the air. Where does it have to go?

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There's another slight building on

29th street, where the man with the

leather aprons still fixes shoes, though

he says it's impossible now to get any

work. Most people wear cheap, and

cheap is now plastic and glue, bottoms

with no stitching, no leathercraft at all.

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The only people who need work done 

are the very wealthy, those buying rich

shoes, and they won't come to him.

Leather work is hard to find; it's mostly

all gone know too. 'The world's a crummy

mess, but it's still chasing me. I get the

bills for everyday  -  one after the other  -

always coming in the mail. What  am

I to do?'