The President in Red Shoes

Since the election, the president had promised to let the people wear them too— those red shoes. But too much honey turns to poison. He could no longer see what surrounded him. The people did not want red shoes. They simply wanted an ordinary life. Karen— yes, the girl— had lived until then without knowing the lure of dancing, without knowing the seduction of shoes. But after that, she danced as if possessed by the spell of the dance. The honey had worked too well. Even knowing it was wrong, she couldn’t stop. God put an end to it— by calling her back to Him. The president is still shouting something. He cannot take off his red shoes. Still.