April 23, 2007

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  Remember when you open the box
  draw tissue paper aside
  breathe the sharp new scent
  leather upper, stacked heel
  stiletto silhouette,
  this is not the slipper
  Cinderella wore across the floor
  to kiss her fellow.
  This is just a shoe in a box
  at a department store.
  No magic wand will trace an
  arc of sparks across impossible blue sky
  to buckle it in place.
  You will draw your card from your wallet
  and slide it to the point of sale.
  Because in modern times, we know
  it's all about head over heels.

   

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