#scandals
I don’t want to tell you what to do
I can only tell you what’s true
beware of new shoes at school
they can leave you black and blue
blistered, and embittered
By the end of second lecture
I was so affected
I had to slip them off
and walk around barefoot
enduring the side-eyed censure
my barefootedness triggered
to avoid further scandal
Charles brought me some mule sandals
and by third lecture, all was happily corrected.
Anyway, don’t let this happen to you
fashion can make you a fool
unless they’re sneakers, of course
I’m not sneaker averse
I ended up washing my feet
in a tiny ladies-room sink
what else could I do?
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A song for this:
A Girl Called Johnny by The Waterboys
Feb 21
Feb 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM UTC
You are IMPISH,
MALICIOUS
and MISBEHAVING,
You are PERILOUS,
PRECARIOUS, AND
DEGRADING.
You are RISKY,
TRICKY, CONIVING,
AND RUDE,
DANGEROUS, AND DAMAGING,
so very CRUDE.
People are
DISGUSTED
when you ARE
AROUND,
you can't
BE TRUSTED, and
on this we FROWN.
PEOPLE are CAREFUL,
when you show your FACE.
A TRICKSTER like you,
should be put IN
YOUR PLACE.
DETRIMENTAL, HURTFUL
EVIL, AND SLY,
Pulling ALL these PRANKS
thinking your GETTING BY!!
To us, it ain't NO MYSTERY,
if you keep this up
YOU'LL be
HISTORY!!!
It's YOU PULLING ALL THE CATASTROPHE!!!
Time for US to put
you out your MISERY!!!
We ALL know
what you ABOUT,
in simple terms
"GET OUT!!!!"
B.R.
Date: 07/8/2023
Aug 21, 2024
Aug 21, 2024 at 6:17 PM UTC