Little Ostrich Skin Shoes
-Joy
S. Barefoot
I bought new shoes, fashioned
of ostrich skin;
dyed the color of ground
mustard seed;
pretty shoes, with tiny heels
looking sharp on my feet.
They matched some of the
colors
in the print of swirling
Viking ships
encircling and swishing
about my freshly shaven legs
Shoes, a perfect accent
for that expensive sundress
from Jelleff's
at Seven Corners.
It took a lot of my teacher's
check
to buy those shoes;
shoes that clicked off
down that hospital hall,
leading my Mama to see her
Papa.
“You look like you own this
place”,
Mama said to me
as I clicked
those snappy little ostrich
skin shoes
down the hall
of the Floyd County, Georgia
hospital.
Mama was proud of me.
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