He is stripped of his garments

He feels security in nakedness - feels that
now he stands (he crawls) with nothing
left to lose; he has everything to lose,
but lacks the sense to see it.  He'll never 
see it, his loss unnoticed always.
               They gave him currency -
he carried coins between his teeth and
cheeks, and swallowing became a misery, his
silence now enforced; gave him a pouch,
with locks to guard it, a belt to
hang it on, a shirt to keep the belt from
chafing at his skin.  Gave him trousers,
saved him from the sin of public nudity;
gave him shoes to stop his feet from 
shredding on the stony hill - his feet were
bloody, had been trailing scarlet stones
behind him, darkening to black...
lent him safety... loaned him theft...
he never noticed, never saw his loss,
has never seen his loss.  The hill is
below him, and he doesn't even notice that.

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