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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.
Copyright ©
Shinsaku Ashida
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