A Toe

A Toe

(Watch your step)

Take the left toe on the left foot

The second one in from the end

Between the little and middle

Focus on its majestic quality

Though alone and forgotten in a sock

Keep it with you at all times for luck

In an iron boot for safety sake

Take it with you when you walk

A clean white sock is for comfort but not forever

Toes don't mind enclosed spaces for short times

They prefer pregnant beaches of sand and ocean

Open to the public on holidays and special occasions

For purposes undisclosed at this moment

The unnamed appendage remains intact

As to why it won't go in to deep water

Perhaps a fear of fish or man eating sharks

Or something worse... the manicure

Left Toes are no joke in the ocean

According to the ones we know

Our investigations disclosed this

They are the first to freeze

When taking that first step in

It is always cold but not lethal

Don't step on them

They are not fingers

They are not a fish

If you lose a lower digit

You can never count on it

And never reach ten..... again

*Authors Note: - Addendum to the appendage in question; If by chance you begin your counting procedure at the lower left or right quadrant of the body with the digits, (toes) available to you from that perspective and that starting point for counting, then, if by chance you should lose one of your toes or if one goes missing, then in that instance you would have the capacity to count to nine on the remaining toes available to you for that undertaking at that location. However, if you begin your counting procedure or operation beginning with fingers located further up on your anatomy and then move down to include toes in your mathematics, to facilitate the calculus established for counting, then logic dictates that the sum reached will be 19 (not to be confused with 9.)  In any event, in both instances, you will never get to 20 or to 10 if you are missing an appendage, so pray for the toe no matter how lowly.