Skin Head Boots

I love my boots;

so black ..........ten inch laced

 funny it is ..

I bought them at WalMart for

Forty-nine ninety five a

price i will afford

i love my boots

my skin head boots

When i lace them 

farther up i

feel 

the steel 

in the toes 

rise up

rise up to my brain 

my

skin head brain

I think a lot with those toes

funny thing

how black they are.

08/02/2017

E.

Author's Note

Reviews

[mattavelli]

Hello, Einstein! :)
Great write, it really got me thinking.
There are adults who haven't learned to work through their fears and frustrations. Instead, they live with those emotions, and strangely find them comforting. These people have trouble connecting with others and their relationships are always abusive. These people want to place blame and punish others because it is what they know. Their families and society failed to guide them to adulthood. They abuse because they want to be abused.
In a healthy society these people would be rarities, seen for what they are and cared for. They wouldn't be out finding like-minds and "nurturing" new generations. 
Fabian mentioned in his review, "There is a crack in everything God has made." there are cracks in man made things as well. We've become fascinated by tv stories and new tech, so proud of our cars and homes, so stylized and branded and enthralled and rigid with anticipation that we've become the cracks in our society, our numb society. And, those are our children who will be lacing up their boots. 
Look at their willfulness, what could have been greatness had a parent been understanding and nurturing instead of distracted or abusive, or had a neighbor or teacher cared. What precious minds have we ignored?  

We will, as a society, learn to forgive and connect, and help these people; or we will keep spanking "children" for mismanaging their emotions; and feigning shock to match our facades of innocence.
Ourselves, our families, our society, our planet, these things matter most.

[Einstein Noodle]

oh my goodness dear friend ..what a passionate outpouring ...your response generated from reading could not be more gratifying for me the "writer" ... thank you for putting time and thought to your review ..i agree 100% .. we are a cracked people and cracked society ..and the destructing of it is subtle, exact and relentless in my opinion ...thank you for taking time
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[William Michael Reeves]

Interesting how a poem relates to our own something not related at all to your something. I worked in construction for 20 years. Everyday I put my boots on, black usually, I felt stronger, invincible, capable as they turned my feet to tools unneeded with steel. Not what you were writing about but not so different either. Interesting....

[Einstein Noodle]

i also worked construction ... those boots actually only made me think of the drudgery and sweat and blood one endures and gives working construction .. but i loved it ... and yes! interesting how our thoughts travel in many directions and to many places .. tho the map is the same for all ;)
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ps. thanks for sharing a part of your story William and thanks for finding this one ..

[William Michael Reeves]

Autocorrect got me on that one. I was writing embedded with steel. Not unneeded. I love to build too. Houses, buildings and poems.

[Einstein Noodle]

spot on brother!! when done well we can drive by many years later and feel the same satisfaction eh!? on both accounts ;)

[Alfred Kukitz]

black & laced i rise with you man for that 2,000 was with jackson, the toes tingling in my darkness. whoa baby whoa!

regards,
al

[Einstein Noodle]

glad this brought memories to you big Al! would love to know the rest of that story from you ;)
read moreglad this brought memories to you big Al! would love to know the rest of that story from you ;)
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[lightsong]

Oh! I have many things that I feel they are like only made for me, and that they become a part of me, if another person wear them or have them it's not the same as when they are with me :)

[Einstein Noodle]

yes indeed ..our garb does have a way of defining us ...thank you so much for finding your way around my pages Light...i sure do appreciate it ..and for your taking time to review ..so important says i
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[lightsong]

......... :) .........

[Karen Redburn]

A mind that can only come up with violence as an answer has not lived. It needs something to spark it in a new direction, such a difficult subject, and you presented it so simply in this poem. Thank you for the thought provoking read, I hope it reaches minds far and wide.

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you for such an insightful and positive attitude towards those who really don't know any better .. a spark to send one in a new direction .. love it Karen ..i have a lot of faults meself and have overcome some of them ...i suppose anyone can be saved ..thank you again for your great uplifting advice ...
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[ROXANE DORSEY]

It would be a boring world if everything was flawless. thanks for the lovely poem.

[Einstein Noodle]

how intriguing your review dear poet ... and so glad to meet you ... i don't know..if everything was flawless ... would we ever recognize boring?? :)))) love your visit and will repay for sure .. thank you Roxane
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[Fabian G. Franklin]

"There is a crack in everything God has made." Ralph Waldo Emerson/ "That's how the light gets in..." Leonard Cohen / If there were no poets to oppose brutality I fear the world might truly become uninhabitable. It is not that the poets feel things more strongly but they do present and represent the truth in a most desirable fashion. I remember as a child watching a KKK rally on the six o'clock news when an opposing protester drove a truck right into the midst of the group. He injured several before being arrested. I'll never forget my father's response. He said, "Well the fellow in the truck had the right idea. He just went about in the wrong way." We must do our thinking with open hearts and minds and not with boots and pick-up trucks. We might not change the world but perhaps we can influence enough hearts and minds to bring about that change. Hatred begets hatred and violence, violence...but maybe we can find the cracks to let in some light.

[Einstein Noodle]

thank for your reviewing Fabian ..again..i appreciate the time you have taken..and your thoughts are beautiful on the subject ..your Da sounds like a wise man ... my youth was also during those times ... and thanks for the quotes from Emerson and Cohen ..they are perfect .. peace Fabian ..see you around for sure
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[LKBillips]

Interesting read. I read it a few times as there were play on phrases and underlying ideas that caught my eye. I like when they do that. ;). Nicely written.

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks for reviewing LK ... and for going over it a few times ... i appreciate you taking the time ...
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[John Alexander McFadyen]

Such boots become the man (or the woman) who wears them as the mentality of uniform takes over and encourages those who cannot think outside the box to be a 'skinhead and carry out the deeds ascribed to that particular tribe.'

[Einstein Noodle]

isn't it odd though ...how such garb imbues power even to an onlooker .. false as it is :( thanks so much for taking time around me pages today John..i sure appreciate it ... we have been friends a while haven't we :)
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[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed but you are not on my page as I left at one point and came back again. Thus I only see you when you review my stuff lol

[Einstein Noodle]

i think you are still listed as my friend but i will check ..i quite sending out RR but i do check them ..and i subscribe to most everyone that i run into so get that notice as well ...its hard to keep up with so much inspiration here at the Cafe isn't it?! but we try ..one and all ... glad you are back! if i hadn't said so before :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Many thanks. I have a very small circle of friends on WC and Facebook. Got burned once or twice by trolls.

[Einstein Noodle]

very sad :( ....... God bless! ;)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Nah just a fact of modern life on the internet. I also only accept people who are either poets I like or are aspiring young/new poets. So many simply collect friends (just as on Facebook) for the cudos so I only keep 'friends' who interact, even if they have A hiatus. Life is good dear 'E'. Now go shine those boots!

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha ... i'll get right on that .. peace brother

[Dara]

I love how, in a relatively short space, you have made a powerful statement regarding the actions of people caught up in a web of hate. The image of the black boots in contrast to the skin heads way of thinking is subtle but brilliant. Thank you for sharing this insightful write!

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you Dara ... it is not easy to understand such violence and hatred ...it takes so much more energy than a smile , peace and Joy ..i appreciate your encouraging review Dara ..see ya around :)
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