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Two Pairs of Shoes

I got a pair for casual wear and the salesman sold me another for formal wear like romantic dates, and job interviews knowing I had just graduated and had a beautiful girlfriend. I've been working two shift jobs paying down student loans and credit card debt. And my girlfriend left town with a rich man soon after she saw me in worker's uniform. It's been a while since then. I still have two pairs of shoes, the casual wear is worn out the formal one is brand new wrapped in a fancy shoe box made for expensive shoes. August 1, 2017 TWO PAIRS OF SHOES--Sponsored by John Lawless

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/13/2023 12:47:00 PM

I can feel the pain and the loss in the lines. The telltale one says, "I still have two pairs of shoes, the casual wear is worn out." I enjoyed reading this one today. Thank you for sharing and for dropping by my page. Sara

Fin Chuuk

Date: 2/28/2023 8:40:00 PM

Sadly some people only have eyes on gold.

Anil Deo

Date: 5/31/2022 3:08:00 AM

If true, you are both great poet and overcomer. Enjoyed the many meanings here ... Shalom shalom ( poets who never loved, are technically sound .... But living & losing made an Emily Dickinson)

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 12/28/2019 9:44:00 AM

Wow! I love this. So hopeful...so sad!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/19/2018 5:29:00 PM

I learned something about you reading this!! (if it's not fictional) Sure enjoyed this one from last year.

Vijay Pandit
Date: 9/19/2018 6:06:00 PM

Total fiction Andrea..should have disclosed..

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 10/31/2017 10:43:00 AM

Very ironic and insightful poem, Vijay. I had a beautiful girlfriend like that too in my young life. Wanted the glamorous life quick and fast, not the way I was building my life, slow and steady. C'est la vie (such is life.) Wonderful poem. Love and joy always.

Vijay Pandit
Date: 10/31/2017 11:10:00 AM

Thank you Freddie!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/2/2017 3:27:00 AM

Aww... One day you will meet someone special and you will need those shoes! I enjoyed your entry Vijay! : )

Vijay Pandit
Date: 8/2/2017 6:48:00 AM

Thank you Connie. We've been to Hawaii, but you live there, and the joy of the land comes through in your work.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 8/1/2017 1:58:00 PM

Well penned poetics this, that last stamza, I could feel it visceral. xomo

Vijay Pandit
Date: 8/1/2017 2:36:00 PM

Thank you Maureen. So grateful for the generous, heartfelt comments.