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The Cost of Shoes
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The Cost of Shoes |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738
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I do believe that this bores me. I do believe that you're bored too. Let's go buy some real cute shoes so we can dance until we lose the tickets for these trains of thought, forgetting incidentals brought to the surface of our brains. We'll have more reason to complain as we soak our toes in pain, at the salon in pedicure, smug as status is assured-- too good to scrape our own damned feet? I contemplate the cost of shoes. |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
this is absolutely brilliant...i love every word of it  There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
ah, sweet faith, you are very good to me, m'friend. (And I made a quick edit--chuckle--I simply can't resist changing stuff.) Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness.  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Oh, I'm with you Serenity, I am forever changing my poem that I post. This one had a classic feel about it, notwithstanding the cost of those darn shoes. ~ Life is sexually transmitted ~ |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I have a confession. I've only had one pedicure in my entire life.  But it's my metaphor, so I'll pretend. I'm all caught up in fraught, today. I made a list of worries and realized I'm shallow.  Thanks for reading, Jer. |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
although I must confess that I do not get the power of buying shoes, I freely admit that I liked this...nice write...reminds me of 'my girls' who do get the power of buying shoes |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
(: My girl friends and I use shoe shopping as a metaphor for men shopping.... So this poem made me smile I can say that I have never had a manicure or a pedicure lol. I do my own nails (and very poorly) Juju -Juju |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
AHA! I caught you contemplating! Tis a wonderful moment, it is! I've had one pedicure.... and due to my husband's wonderful cousin, two massages and three foot rubs... ah, but on a cruise? Oh but never mind...we're talking about the cost of shoes.... ahhh...who needs shoes when your feet are happy free? |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Ha, brilliant is the word, I agree! Our feet deserve our full attention and care ... on either occasion - barefoot dancing or hiding in nice shoes - they require top form. Thoughts flow easier "through" happy feet I would say ... Pedicure at the salon is sinfully expensive, it's more a necessity than a privilege, of elderly ladies ... my reason is different of course  I have no patience!  Lol. Love, Margherita |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
 just picked up these little numbers myself (the pink ones)...LOL Love your poem, Serenity~ |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I have never had a pedicure, but you make me want one, Karen. Let's not buy shoes; let's just go steal Belle's! A |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
***LOL*** @Alison charming right? sadly they're not as pink as in the picture I was kinda annoyed at that...but they're lovely still...shoes, are certainly a weakness of mine...the cost of shoes, as in Serenity's poem...is just fatal to me....LOL |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
excellent write that I enjoyed with intensity. yann |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
"So mwe can dance until we lose the tickets for those trains of thought" Brilliant! Ida |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Aw sh*t I'm gonna fall off those things! oxymoron....Rap Music |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I have another confession--I can't wear heels. Except in bed.  And once again, I was inspired by something I saw on television--a young lady confessed that she'd spent 48 thousand dollars on shoes in one year... I'm more of a barefoot kind of girl m'self. But thanks to Mysteria, I do now value the regular use of a pumice stone. But women and shoes? Well that all started because of men, lovin' women's legs.  So celebrate the shoe, indeed. But I'll be the one in flats--I've got enough problems with balance as it is. Love you all! |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
shoes in bed!!!Why, oh why, would you ever wear shoes to bed?!? eeek innocent 2 evil aka  2  Thanks what you do to me, dearest Karen. Yep.  |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Kudos to the queen of sole! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
*lawsy* I yam exhausted. Enjoyed the parades today though, and that last move of mine did me in. (Worth it though--I have a new feather boa--that would look mighty nice with some spike heels. Er--NOT. *laughing*) I'm off to slough my feet. Then I'm gonna hug my bed and watch "Big Love." Mardi Gras Mambo's to you all  Thanks for reading, and my love to you all. |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
HUG YOUR BED!! Oh my honey I'm comin down to give ya a big hug!!  Eric recycled teenager.....yeah....what...? the writer views a critic like a fire hydrant would view a dog |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
*dayum*  Nice enough for seconds. (And um, hey, looks like a great percussion instrument too!) |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
HAA! I love it! ROFL!! Poor guy lost his head anyway. Take care Eric the writer views a critic like a fire hydrant would view a dog |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
forget the pedicures I am intrigued with high heels in bed I'll let you know how it works! |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
I liked everything except the poem. Seriously though, k, shoes? I thought you were a barefoot wonder? |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
My feet got ugly. Vanity...my second favorite sin. <--laughing like Al Pacino. And I tend to agree with you about the poem. It's a total failure, since I intended it to be a commentary about misplaced values. I didn't say that before, because ...well? Shoes evoke a such a passion in some, that I didn't want to offend anyone and thus provoke them to defend that passion by planting a stiletto in my forehead. Good to see here, lovie. |
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Christopher
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
still love you. not your feet, though. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed...now that would depend on where you bought the shoes...James |
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