this shoe doesn't fit

i should have tried 

these shoes on

before buying them.

they're tight and stiff.

i should have sat down

with a clean pair of socks

and slipped them on while

in the store, found a stool to

take off the old

and do a cat walk

up and down the aisle

i should have strolled around

and looked into the mirror

angled at shoe level.

but no. i liked them too

much, how they looked

in the box and out.

not unlike you, my dear,

my ill fitted dear,

before i found out.