CarrollBlog 6.30

The Lonely Shoe Lying on the Road

by Muriel Spark

One sad shoe that someone has probably flung

out of a car or truck. Why only one?

This happens on an average one year

in four. But always throughout my

life, my travels, I see it like

a memorandum. Something I have

forgotten to remember,

that there are always

mysteries in life. That shoes

do not always go in pairs, any more

than we do. That one fits;

the other, not. That children can

thoughtlessly and in a merry fashion