new socks

how many pairs
of socks can you own.
apparently
not enough
you think as you
carry a basketful
of them upstairs
to be dumped,
unsorted, into
drawers. it's just
nice to have
new things
to wear. although
it goes deeper
than that,
as you remember
stitching
together holes
and slipping
cardboard into your
shoes when you
were twelve.