On a naked
concrete
floor
lies
a blue
shoe
sideways
buckle undone
next to
packing crates
marked
fragile
About The Author
Barbara De Franceshi
Barbara De Franceshi -- seraph10@bigpond.com -- lives in Broken Hill, Australia, in western New South Wales. She has been published widely in Australian journals and anthologies, also in Switzerland, U.S.A., New Zealand, UK and Ireland and on numerous occasions has read her work live to air on ABC Radio.