Wordwear

Wordwear

Poems are delicate shoes,
And prose is sturdy boots –
The footwear that we choose
Is governed by its use:

So when we need to tread with care
Or dance between ideals,
We may choose verse, and lace a pair
Of taps or kitten heels.

For poems are stilettoes,
Sharp and with a click –
While prose is from the ghettos,
Stout and with a kick.

So when we need more tongue and strength,
Where mud and thorns compete,
We’ll don our boots to march at length,
In plain and simple feet.