The poetry, stories and intrigues of C.J. Brenner

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Picky Pick Pick

In the kingdom that I dwell lives a master shoe shiner and his name is Picky Pick Pick. Picky was a bright student and he really had a knack for remembering names and persons occupational interests.  Picky was smooth and polished but sadly, Picky did not like to shine the shoes of children who wore sandals.   I realize that it took some added skill not to get shoe polish on the persons foot when he shined the sandal, but the neat thing was that sandals were worn only on Saturdays and Picky being Jewish did not work on the sabbath.  That said, it was always a pet peeve when he saw his friends wearing sandals in public on Saturday.   None of these people asked him to shine their shoes and Picky realized that he was not even qualified to do such detailed work as it required him to make sure that no polish got on the naked foot below.  But Picky still pressed his friends never to wear sandals ever in his presence.  Picky was not an absolutist in any way, but Picky did not really understand that sandals were indeed fun to wear and that sandals were never in need of polish either.  You just buy a new pair when they get old. 

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