{"id":54171,"date":"2019-08-15T14:49:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T18:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/?p=54171"},"modified":"2023-09-04T16:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:34:35","slug":"walk-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/walk-signal\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk Signal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_54170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54170\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/walk-signal-royalty_free_dreamstime_6384218.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"54170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/walk-signal\/walk-signal-2\/\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">ID 6384218 \u00a9 Robert Byron | Dreamstime.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The little avatar<br \/>\nof a trudging man<br \/>\nblazes white<br \/>\nabove the curb opposite<br \/>\nthe one I stand on,<br \/>\nthe street you\u2019ve just crossed<br \/>\neyes down<br \/>\nyour golden hair<br \/>\nsuddenly blown out full<br \/>\nby a gust of wind;<br \/>\nsure to be dry<br \/>\nno tell-tale damp<br \/>\nin it<br \/>\nwhen you reach your destination.<\/p>\n<p>Stay, you said,<br \/>\nor rather didn\u2019t say,<br \/>\nbut I understood,<br \/>\nand your stride<br \/>\nas I followed you in the distance<br \/>\nwidened and quickened,<br \/>\nbetokened<br \/>\na grim determinacy.<br \/>\nIf possible<br \/>\nyour hair blew out more full<br \/>\nmore golden,<br \/>\na beacon,<br \/>\na tracer<br \/>\nshot into the teeming streets;<br \/>\nand your wonderful long legs<br \/>\ntook on a greater definition<br \/>\nof the serpentine<br \/>\nperfect curves 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