The New Girl Is Unassuming

She is unassuming, humble, quiet, they said. I looked at her boots and thought differently. Has no one notices these outrageous works of art? Women who want to stay in the corner do not wear these boots. I point them out and the listeners are surprised. Anyone could wear those boots, one tells me. Yes, anyone who could afford them. Not many in this town can. Maybe this is why she is unassuming and humble. She does not want us to know how wealthy she is. I stare at those boots for a long time in history class. Wondering what else this new girl has to hide.