What Are Your Shoes Doing In The Garbage Can?

My Little Red Shoes didn't have sparkle like Dorthy's, 
but that would have been OK too.

When I was in the first grade at Tahoe Elementary School
I threw my shoes away in the garbage can.

They were so ugly!
They were brown with crepe souls.
Yes, crepe souls.

My mother thought they were just the thing I should get. 

Her shoes had crepe soles.

I saw the most darling pair of red Mary Jane's at the store
and they were the one's that I wanted.

I even tried them on and they fit just fine.
And they were sturdy too.

Well, probably not as sturdy as crepe soles
but they would have been so
much fun to have.

 On the playground my teacher saw me without shoes.

"Where are your shoes?" She asked.

"In the garbage can." I said. 

"What Are Your Shoes Doing In The Garbage Can?"

I had to stand in the dark corner of
the coat room
for hours.

Love,
Grammy T.