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GUYS WEARING UGLY SHOES

Are otherwise indistinguishable from many other guys.

Really, check it out.
Same hair, same jokes, same
Matter-of-fact outlook
On major changes to society.

I want to say women tend not to select them
For the purposes of reproducing

But then it will seem as if this poem
Is addressing stereotypes of hetero- and homosexuality
Which it isn't. The ugliness of certain shoes
Transcends our gender categories.

Those fat square-toed ones
With the huge buckles, for instance.

Green ones.

Ones that resemble plastic elephants.

Shoes with windmills on the toe,
Not appliques but three-d
Mini golf style fully operational objects!
I haven't seen them.

What I see, mainly, are loafers,
Wing tips, and inconspicuous black "dress" shoes.

Real ugliness is rare
And often nearly indistinguishable from beauty.