Ode to my socks


Ode to my grayish woolly socks,
Tightly thou hug my swollen butter feet,
In thy comfy room my toes joyously tucks,
Howbeit to thy flesh it sinks to bits;
Tirelessly thou mop the tears from my toes,


Gafar Odubote, “Ode to my Socks”, copyright 2019

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