Sensible Shoes

When you're writing a new poem almost every day, sometime you have to think on your feet.

                                                             Sensible Shoes

                                           I like shoes that feel like sneakers
                                           but look good enough for work.
                                           Nothing fancy- just light,
                                           comfortable,
                                           and inexpensive.
                                           (I’ll save the dress shoes
                                           for weddings and funerals.)
                                           But now both my bargain
                                           pairs make a sticky click
                                           when I walk-
                                           like a gummy thumbtack
                                           that isn’t there.
                                           Different brands, same flaw –
                                           and perhaps the same Asian
                                           sweatshop where some child
                                           nodded off over the machine
                                           that molds soles or else
                                           totally awake made some
                                           flawed to remind us
                                           of what we’re walking on
                                           and at what cost.