Nice Shoes

real gamble is out of the gate
heels a-blazing for arrows
your sleeves the stuff
of sport analogies & fifteen
second public radio spots
once murky & human this story
twists in our ribcages
at once knives & better
cautionary tales untold
for treaties & civil discussion
mouths shut out of long rides
to repeat all of three years
you have to believe it
& break your own vow