I wrote this the first time I had to buy size 12 women’s shoes for my daughter (I don’t think she was even a teen at the time). Her feet are even larger now, and her shoes even more expensive. I won’t even mention trying to buy clothes for a girl six feet tall. 🙂
How do I buy shoes,
when I can’t find a pair that fit my feet?
A pair that covers their awful greatness?
Perhaps I should cut off my toes?
Or shave my heel?
Should I bind my feet
to make them small,
like they used to do in China?
Maybe I could just have them
completely cut off and
a new – smaller – pair attached instead?
I’m sure there is a plastic surgeon
– somewhere –
that will do it for the right price.
Oh,
how I envy those with tiny feet
that will fit in children’ shoes –
they’re cheap!
Or,
those with ‘normal’ feet
who can just buy shoes
off the rack.
But no! My feet
require custom makes,
their length and width are so great.
So I’ll make a fashion statement
and pad around in garbage bags,
to keep my feet from getting wet.