BIG FOOT
SIZE 52 SHOES WERE LIKE A DREAM TO HIM
BUT HE WOULD NEVER GIVE UP THE DREAM
SANDALS AS BIG AS BOATS
FILLED HIS FANTASIES
AND SHINY BLACK PATENT LEATHER
DRESS SHOES MADE HIS MOUTH WATER
WITH THE THOUGHT OF THEM
FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE
HE SOUGHT A SHOEMAKER
TO DO HIS BIDDING BUT FOUND NONE
AND SO HE DUG FOR HIMSELF A VALLEY
AND COVERED HIMSELF WITH A MOUNTAIN AND SLEPT
TEARS FROZEN ON HIS DEAD FACE STILL
AND A BROKEN HEART STOPPED BEATING AT LAST
STOPPED YEARNING FOR WHAT WOULD NEVER BE
STOPPED DREAMING OF SIZE 52 SHOES
TO COVER GIGANTIC FEET THAT EVER MADE HIM
FEEL LIKE A FREAK AMONG MEN
BIG FOOT, THEY CALLED HIM AND BIG FOOT, HE WAS
SHOELESS AND FRIENDLESS AND HIDDEN IN THE TREES
WATCHING PEOPLE FROLIC AROUND IN THEIR BRIGHT
WHITE SHOES AND BOOTS AND SLIPPERS
NEVER KNOWING THERE LURKED ONE
JUST BEHIND THEM TIMID AS A MOUSE
YET FEARED AS A MONSTER
WHO HAD LIVED FOR AGES AMONG THEIR KIND
AND LONGED TO BE LIKE THEM. LONGED TO BE LOVED....
LONGED TO WEAR SHIRTS AND TIES AND PRESSED TROUSERS
AND RAINCOATS
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, HIS DREAM THAT NEVER CAME TRUE
TO BE KNOWN AS THE GENTLE CREATURE THAT HE WAS
TO BE ACCEPTED BY HIS HAIRLESS BROTHERS IN KINDNESS
AND MOST OF ALL AND DEAREST TO HIS SASQUATCH HEART
TO WEAR SHOES, REAL SHOES, SIZE 52'S, BLACK AND SHINY
AND ALL HIS OWN
UPON HIS BIG LONELY FEET.
by Voo
April 30, 2005
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