the girl who had her red shoes on

she danced across the floor with her red shoes on
she clicked her heels in the air with her red shoes on
she leapt between the leaves with her red shoes on
until she stood right at the top of the tree

then she tripped across the sky with her red shoes on
and gamboled among the clouds with her red shoes on
she flew abreast the breeze with her red shoes on
until she’d blown all the way around the world

she circled around the sun with her red shoes on
she swung between the stars with her red shoes on
she left a yellow trail with her red shoes on
then she stopped a while to rest upon the moon

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© Frank Prem, 2015

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