When You See Willie Willingshire Walking

I wonder what you wonder when
Willie Willingshire walks
down Walking Street
and you see him, willy-nilly,
from your looking-eyes.

You look at his boots and grow envious,
I’ll bet. They really are nice boots:
Leather, sturdy,
from a nice place.
Willie knows the cobbler personally;
they eat together, usually at Mario’s, a spaghetti place
downtown on third street- really big meatballs there.
Nice people, really,
the cobbler and Willie.

But is that all you think about
with your thinking-brain,
when you see Willie walk
with his walking cane?
Boots? How plain.