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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[Annette Pisano-Higley]

"Take a sad song & Make it better" say the Beatles, and Most of us hope that we can. There are the few however, the lunatic fringe, as you portray so well in your excellent poem, who are on an adrenaline-hatred high and are out to stomp and kill. "i feel the steel"- Can't buy a brain at Walmart...

[Einstein Noodle]

boy do i love your review Annette ..you are spot on and i am so grateful you mention the song and how it plays into this poem .. sadly not even cow brains at Wally's ... thank you for your sensitive reading ..very grateful
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[Annette Pisano-Higley]

You are very welcome E.!

[Sami Khalil]

I feel a political message here. I reject racism. hatred and discrimination. I think we should boot out some politicians that flame all this...Excellent, sir...:).........

[Einstein Noodle]

hatred has no place in our lives at all does it Sami!? but like you say, especially in our public institutions that are here to serve all ... thanks for taking time sir!
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[Sami Khalil]

All true good poet. You are welcome. ...::::))))

[Paul Bell]

I suppose all the way through time, man has wanted an identity. Every generation forward has chosen some sort of uniform to define themselves.
I don't know why, but i think every race is inherently racist. It maybe just as simple as protecting their own race. Who knows.

[Einstein Noodle]

i think there is a grain of truth to your thoughts Paul ... but pride in ones heritage is much different than the hatred and rejection of racism ... insecurities and feelings of inadequacies generate the violent bully we see everywhere .. tragic, sad failure of our human mind says i! ;)
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[Relic]

There are some boots that have character to them that stands out. I contemplated buying lugs at one time but the feeling fell away.

Perhaps the strength of the boots with its steel toe is a side of you that seeks something similar to your aspirations. Reading the other reviews I see the skin-head impression may fall by the wayside so I'll disregard that and say....a fine poem.

[Einstein Noodle]

but they are skin head boots my friend! ;) thank you so much for reviewing .. would not have considered this as relating to me ..perhaps your psychology has tread to it ...but honestly this is not a confessional poem .. i have to look up what lugs are now ..so thank you for that .. i do have a pair of HD boots that put another 4-5 inches to my height and definitely produce an instantaneous muscular chest tho :)))
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[barleygirl]

I find it interesting how so many of your reviewers read a lot into your poem that just isn't there! You are not saying what this person is like at all. Why couldn't this be a statement of the simple satisfaction of being all duded out in our preferred ways, whatever that may be? It could be boots or high-heels -- both are equally weird to me! People who use their clothing to make a statement . . . but you are not saying what this statement is . . . each reader is bringing their own impressions & bias, I believe! *wink! wink!* Fondly, Margie

[Einstein Noodle]

true enough Barley Girl! .. my younger son says i should change the name to "Scuffed Boots" which i really like ..its very creative don't you think? i might change it again ...either to that or back to "Skin Head Boots" ... the title is almost as important as the poem ... i changed it to Neo-Nazi Skin Head Boots to clarify but i think it is too much ... what do you think dear friend? Scuffed Boots of Skin Head Boots ;)
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ps. thanks for reading ma'am ..love to see your beautiful face on me pages in the morning :))))

[Tomás Ó C..]

Captures a lot of the insane thinking behind it... though I love them boots myself they kill my feet!

[Einstein Noodle]

Tomas! so good to have your visit :) i agree ..it is a certain insanity isn't it!? i love mine as well :) but they are still new enough not to beat up my feet .. peace and joy
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[Richard Layne]

the last line is so poignant
i love the simple structure but powerful thought in this poem

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you for reading Richard .. nice to meet you! .. your review is very encouraging to me ..thank you ...you point out the two most important things in this one ...simple language ..deeper meaning .. thank you for taking time sir
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[Great Aunt Astri]

Oh, that naughty word 'black'.
But he had a steel infected brain so I suppose he wasn't thinking straight. For the life of me, I will never understand what motivates people, any people, to blindly hate another lot of people. Sadly, it seems to happen the world over.( not just the 'skinheads!)

[Einstein Noodle]

yes Aunt Astri ..sad case indeed .. and truly does take on many forms ... but always the same blind hate as you so aptly put it :(
thanks for taking time ..i appreciate your input always :)
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[Great Aunt Astri]

Ah, but, Einstein, I think there are enough of us 'reasonable' people to overcome this problem, eventually, hopefully .... in about a million years time!

[Einstein Noodle]

oh how the hope never fails eh!? God bless you Auntie!

[Great Aunt Astri]

Hope springs eternal.

[Ken Simm.]

I think this will mean different things to different people. Condeming for some; accepting for perhaps the less enlightened. And of course so apropos after recent events. For myself I appreciate the irony that is here in spades. And it is the subtle implications that I find so well done.
That is to be racist is to miss the point of being human completely. Although I do take Gee's point about certain fashions. In your piece I see it as a good use of metaphor and as I said irony.

[Einstein Noodle]

i went to school with this one Ken ..i had no idea that it was a fashion thing .. maybe i should call it Neo Nazi ... what do you think?

[Einstein Noodle]

and thank you for reading and your review .. as you can see i did change the name ... love ya man! ;)

[Gee]

My older brother and his mates were all skinheads. They loved the Ben Sherman shirts, stay press strides, Doc Martens and Ska music. However they were no way rascist. The last line will strike a chord with many, perhaps the wrong one.

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks Gee ... i have not been aware of skinheads who are not racists .. its kind of like someone wearing bikers garb who doesn't ride a motorcycle ..can you tell me more of your impression on the closing line .. i wasn't sure about the strength of it ... what does it say to you?
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[Gee]

The irony of it kicks you as hard as they would E. It is a fine write, to me though you can't tar folk with one brush just because they like a certain style of dress and hair cut .

[Einstein Noodle]

that's what i wanted but was very unsure it hit the mark ..and i do stand corrected as i had no idea that there exists a subculture of "skin heads" in dress and look only .. so you have sent me to my research labs to learn and perhaps i will change the name .. thanks Gee .. for your friendship and reviews ... later!
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[Gee]

The pleasure is all mine