Ode to Ugly Shoes

Ugly shoes, ugly shoes

The perfect hue of electric blue

Encasing my square feet

And all ten toes akin to sausage meat

Ugly shoes, ugly shoes

They tend to put me in the mood

To lounge in sweats

For that I have few regrets

Ugly shoes, ugly shoes

Of making me look dowdy you've been accused

And for that crime

You can no longer be mine

Ugly shoes, ugly shoes

Right there for me, either win or lose

The absence of your synthetic sole

Will forever leave an ugly shoe sized hole

Ugly shoes, ugly shoes

I now bid you a tearful adieu

No more walks or out to lunch

Into a sneaker, or heel my lil' smokies will be crunched

Ugly shoes, ugly shoes

Cradling my tired feet, comfort is what you ooze

Supporting my arches with the greatest of ease

I now leave you for the trash man like a fatal disease

Ugly shoes, ugly shoes

I have been shamed by the terrible two

My friends, how they laugh, how they mock

I nod and agree, while inside I balk

Ugly shoes, ugly shoes

For this poem you've been my muse

But I must go, this is the end

I hope in time my broken heart will mend

- Denise Cooper Smith