Shoes(3) Poem by Sheena Blackhall

Shoes (3)
Winkle pickers, brothel creepers
Polished fore and aft
Leather, crepe soled, vinyl
Cobblers ply their craft

Buckskin, canvas, trainer
Brogues, and Jesus sandals
Correspondent's soft shoes
For tiptoeing through scandals

Subversive, rebellious,
Fashions of the Teds
Bovver boots for numpties
Hooligans and neds

Stilettos for go-getters
Powering to the bar
Women wobble ouch ouch
Fashion gets them far

Men's feet age quite nicely
Flat and sensible
Women need podiatry
And a clinician's skill

Hammer toes and bunions
Callouses and corns
As you sow so shall ye reap
Beauty brings its thorns