Despite my resolution to not buy any this year, I find myself needing some new shoes. What do I do? It doesn't really matter; I don't have the money to spend on them.
Alas! Alack! I cannot shop
For a single slingback
Or flip-flop!
I have not the dosh to be pedally posh
Nor the dough to become well-heeled.
There is not enough green – I just don’t have the means
For my feet to be evenly keeled…
I suffer in grumps this financial slump
And in silence the terrible dread –
This unfortunate lack of trainer or pump;
Buy a wedge? I’m too close to the red!
There is too much heat for my downtrodden feet
And destitution upon which to muse
There are not enough bucks; having old shoes sucks
I’m impoverished, in need of some shoes!
Stamp it, cut it, bake it, make it, paint it, stick it, sew and wear it. Snap it, sketch it, pin it, write it, play it, ply it, stop: re-write it. Try it, test it, learn it, link it, plan it, think it, pen and ink it. Share it, give it, show it, grow it, keep it, wrap it, pack and send it.
great poem, very funny. And such sweet things you have written about me and my nan xx
ReplyDeleteVery, very nice I can relate to this poem. Times are so hard I can barely afford a pair of shoes. Nice poem.
ReplyDeleteI think it’s funny - Shoes have always been a problem for me, and yes, with shoes you seem to need the money to have the right ones, which I have very little of!
ReplyDeletemy problem exactly! I always buy beautiful but unpractical shoes and now here I am trodding around in the snow in the hubbys boots, 3 sizes too big.
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