stupid foot

a bruised foot and a vacation on the way. damn the luck. hobbling around nyc trying to keep up the pace. it's not working. strangely i let more people sit this way. feel the pain. embrace it. let it flow through you. forget the location and it spreads and eases by sharing across the leg and ankle. but then i have to step and remember. right there on the right. sharp and dull dance to the quick intakes of air as i hold back a cry.

Do not wear Chucks when you are walking around the city all day.

prey

learn my job before your complaint
can you walk seven feet in my shoes?
they were cheap
hurt my feet
i do more
you ask for more
i have no more
you take more
and smile at the small tip left
for my time energy brain soul self

when i meet the day
that the shoes come off
tossing them at your head
i will laugh
and pray you don't find another
lamb
while you prey

Someone needs a day off. Or maybe for people to leave alone for the first 30 minutes or so of the day (especially when that day started before it needed to).