Tom Pow 

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Oh stranger,
          my twin and assassin of my times
please
as quietly as me
climb the stairs
           as if you’re treading on your father’s soil
ease your steps as much as you can
ease your hard heels on the dirty stones,
silently pass like that cloud
or disappear like this ant
climbing the wall of the world
            look at no one, nor lower your eyes
never spit at my door
if I should slam it absent-mindedly
 don’t stop, don’t laugh, don’t speak
                             before the door
 there is someone scared by your approach
 someone who sees you as a monster though you do not know it.