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Ruby or Silver, Glass or Fur, Pumps or Flats |
Little girls are taught
how important shoes are
through fairy stories.
From Dorothy’s magic
silver slippers
which Technicolor dyed
a brilliant ruby red.
To the Cinder Girl’s lost one
which was sometimes fur and
sometimes glass, depending
on the teller of the tale.
The littlest of the mermaids
traded her fins for feet
just so she could wear shoes.
Sarah Jessica Parker
turned her obsession
with them into a career
or at least a T.V. show.
Even I have found myself
on occasion searching
the mall from wall to wall
for the perfect pair.
I chalk it up to
gender socialization-
that and the fact
that Barbie’s shoes
never fit right.
But I ask you, what
are we really looking for
and will we ever find
the perfect match?
copyright 2005
Dana
Campbell |
