Shoes With Laces

I wonder when I got these shoes with buckles if I felt the same way as Jake feels today about his shoes with laces. Well one thing for sure is that the shoes with laces will never be on the feet that mine were. Mine were passed down to two younger sisters and repaired by my dad and worn for probably a period of ten years before they were outgrown....and who knows maybe my brother wore them in a time I can't remember. These are sixty year old shoes and probably with a little red shoe dye would last another 60 years, nails and soles and all.

Shoes and Pj's

Baba.... let's go back to that other aisle with shoes

He's just a boy for a little while...I can't refuse

What aisle are you talking about that you wanna see?

I wanna see the black and white shoes that have laces for me

What do you mean shoes with laces, shoes for outdoors?

No Baba, those black and white shoes just like yours

I look down at my runners and snicker a bit

When I tell him 'bout this years later, he'll have a fit

To think he wanted shoes like the one's Baba was wearing

Means giving up Velcro and that's pretty daring.

Let's see if they have a size that fits your feet

Look for a size 12 and I'll buy you a treat

Guess what? There is only one pair left on the whole shelf

See if they fit and try to put them on yourself

Baba, they fit me, they fit me and they are "Oh so Cool"

Wait until I show them to kids at school

Well Jake, you can't wear them until you can tie your laces

Then your Mom will let you wear them to many places

Wait until my Mom and Dad see my big boy shoes

What will they say and what will they do?

Well Jakee, first your Baba will be in super doodoo

For buying big boy shoes with 2 sets of laces for you

So you will have to try real hard to tie a bow

But in the meantime you'll have to wear your velcro

But Baba, these are so cool, can I put them both on

Yeah, what the hell ....grab them before they're gone

So the kid's in the cart wearing his unpaid shoes with laces

With the biggest smile for all Zeller's shopping faces

Lukee is in the buggy eating unpaid Fruit Loops out of the box

And about now I could use a Vodka on the rocks

Imagine when a pair of shoes made you smile

Oh to be a kid again for just a while.

Oh what the hell am I talking about....I still feel that way when I buy a pair of earrings at Walmart for $4.99.