The shoe of authority:
Heel on-pointe,
Smooth-stockinged leg
In steps adroite.
Swaying skirt
Stays close to thigh,
As look of business
Hits you in eye.
The wider world
Of men are slaves;
The shoe's the power-
The rest, but knaves.
Patti Masterman
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