your boot leather never lies
trudge run limp skip slip step in purebred hipster dogshit
or take off eh! à la Air Jordans in another age (?) see piles of shoes
left behind Europe 1940’s occupants occupied
en masse in mass graves
you can come get your shoes
after a quick shower
shoes take us into the world footwear of war peace balls barrios
symbols of power+pain think of footbinding in China women hobbled
also stiletto-ed in Gucci + Loubitins for $3,000
currently i shop around a show of shoes photos from these covidtimes cut off
at the knees foot soldiers of mean streets when allowed out in their confinement
shoes sit in hallways shiny obsolete former occupants slow panic hidden mayhem
all dressed up + no wear to go
these boots were made for
social distancing you alone
feet bound by concerned governments don’t die worker bees! you cannot flee
old mum+me ordered not to touch skin transmits disease a sin against dignity
we hid from the shouters: they just touched!
and touched toes in small
private rebellions of
masked misery
i also kept father’s blue on blue deck shoes my last father’s day gift they clunk
around in the night as he looks for food cigs his big dog Mike +some jazz
desperately wanting out of closet-captivity
daddy’s shoes sit next to my Muglers
from wedding #3 they shout+cackle
re: a marriage made in heaven💃🏻
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..what do you call what they do to those men in prison? she asked..
solitary confinement …fuck the government overlords..
Winter 2023 …who you calling free?..
songanddancegirl 