MisunderSTOOD

​​MisunderSTOOD
by Christy Weisiger

Hello? Down here! We’d like a word--    
our list of gripes is long.            
As feet, we feel we’ve been unheard,    
your view of us is wrong!            

Why blame us for your lack of nerve?        
Perhaps your HANDS are cold!            
We’re vital, vigorous, have verve!        
You stand on us. We’re bold!            

And if you hem and haw all day,    
it’s not because we drag.
We kick the ball and dance ballet,
run races and play tag.

You can’t be dead and on your feet--    
decide which of the two.        
If you’re exhausted, take a seat,    
if dead…then we’re dead, too.    

We’re tired of being second-string--    
that role is unfulfilling.            
A handstand may be just the thing    
to grant us our TOP BILLING.

ABAB (rhyme scheme), iambic meter, mask poem and a fun play on feet idioms!

​Happy Tuesday!
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