The Missing Shoe

 

The Missing Shoe

 

While driving along with the radio on

By the verge I saw a man's shoe

Which made me wonder to whom it belonged

And why there was one, and not two

 

This curious phenomenon is not so unusual

An odd single shoe by the road

Why throw out one shoe in a manner so casual

Is walking in one shoe the new mode?

 

A flipflop, a trainer, a sandal or boot,

Shoes appear to be chucked out at random

There are not so many folk with only one foot

So why do these people just one shoe abandon?

 

Perhaps a hiker developed a blister

Or trod on a thorn and found his sock torn

Or a verruca beginning to fester

Maybe the shoe was hurting his corn

 

Was the wearer beamed up by an alien force

And is now gazing downwards from space

Or found he preferred hopping to walking, of course

Or clumsily broke a shoe lace

 

This sight is not rare so its clear they don't care

About this lonely shoe's fate

And that where there was once a pair

This solitary shoe has lost his mate

 

Whatever the case and wherever the place

By the road when you see a lone shoe

Just there on its own where there should be a brace

Give pause to the question of why there aren't two