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Lest
Our Old Shoes Sit Easier Than Our New
-as Macduff does not say in Macbeth
When we were children we were
proud of our new shoes
Our once-a-year shoes in
situational poverty
Although we went barefootin’
most of the time
As long as the weather and parents
allowed
But we had to wear them to Sunday
church
And finally to school after the
first chill
But it was something to own a
new pair of shoes
To stand upon the earth in
feigned prosperity
And even now, with lots of pairs
to choose
We want to ask folks if they
like our new shoes
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