062118b

can't feel my feet
didn't know my toes were dragging
I didn't need them

032717

The devourer of toes

shoes won’t stop it

boots won’t slow it down

you shouldn’t have

uttered the invocation

voiced the incantation

without protection

circle of fungus

ring of sludge

whatever it takes

you eschewed it

now it chews you

don’t compound the error

by calling its sibling to rein it in

don’t summon

the biter of ankles

112916

report on the toes
stop slamming them into walls
but they're ok

090816c

A Scientist is Easily Distracted.


These 11 toes
are my favorites, I think
though your other foot
has a set just about as nice

Did you know that the early amphibians
didn't limit themselves to 4, 4, 5, 5
like their modern relatives?
those guys thought seven or eight
or more per foot were just fine
the better to grasp you with I suppose
turned out they were wrong,
just more toes to stub.

Horses had the right idea
one is plenty
if you don't have opposable thumbs