For this prompt (to write a poem about footware) I am posting a poem I wrote many (MANY) years ago - because it is my definitive footware poem.
Sole Entanglements
Sole Entanglements
Old shoelaces unravel,
unruly as love,
as likely to trip you.
Untied, each lace dances,
frayed and flaccid,
reluctant to knot again.
.
Velcro closures lock
and cling, too willing to grip,
but Velcro can't let go.
There's rip and uproar
when suddenly undone.
.
Old loafers are the best.
So easy to slip
in or out of at a
moment's whim, they
shelter your pennies
never ask for socks.
--- Mad Mar Walker (Mistryel)
