Dry Feet

Something must be said about dry feet. I promise this will relate to poetry as well. As fall begins and summer draws to a close, I can't say that I am disappointed. So many people wear sandals, flip flops and the like. The people that irritate me are the people who wear these items but insist on wearing them with dry feet. I hope you know the ones I am talking about. Cute shoes, even nicely painted toes on occasion but the feet are so dry that you fear they will start a brush fire if they walk through dry grass.

Ashen, dry cracked feet. Feet that have been long neglected. Even between the toes you can see white encrusted madness. Anyone who has these dry feet AND they are dirty to boot, we should really talk. It grosses me out just thinking about it. Anyway, these feet remind me of poetry and the quest to create fabulous poetry. All of us as poets have our sandals on and we are ready to get out there and do something. But what?

What we are doing now as a class, I believe, is applying lotions and potions to our feet. We are completely prepared as humans to walk the walk but how will we do it? Dry feet or beautifully salved feet that are smooth, supple, and pleasant to gaze upon. Some of us require drastic measures to achieve magnificent looking feet. Me included. Lotions don't cut it for me, I require Vaseline in thick application to make my feet decently fit to look at. I am comfortable with this being the case.

What about those who are not? Perhaps they will never achieve what they seek. I guess you could say taking Jodi's class is a trip a fancy foo-foo shop. She allows us to sample many different works so we can ultimately find the right combination of salves, balms and compounds until our feet are no longer an eyesore to others.

There you have it! I managed to talk about something relevant AND give a little shout out about people that have nasty ate up feet. I shiver just thinking about them, it is perhaps one of the biggest... never mind because I will offend someone if I go on. If you have nasty dry feet... read more poetry and rub a little somethin-somethin on them when you wear your sandals or flip-flops.

Happy almost fall.