slip slidin' away

let me say 
again
 one fall 
a season
 a year
 is
 all i plan on
 so
 i walked
 very
 very
 carefully
very
very
 slowly
 sunday
 on 
my way
 to be 
beautified™
like the mail 
(i paraphrase)
neither rain 
nor sleet
 nor dark of day
 keeps me
 from being beautified™

 no need 
to add
 to 
the gloriously
 black/blue bruise
 on 
my oh so flat butt 

it was in the 30s 
it was raining
 the ice
 black or otherwise
 was
everywhere

 i walked
 close to the buildings
 where i could
 under awnings
 where i could
 if neither
 was available
 i walked on
 the already yellowing piles of snow
 at the sidewalk's edge 
at least
 there
 i knew
 i would have traction

 again
 let me say
 ugg boots
 are 
so very warm and comfy
 but
 they
 are
 not
 meant
 to be worn
 on
 icy streets 

they have no traction
 the soles are flat 
any 'tread' they have
 is 
purely decorative

 the boots
 i bought at stuart weitzman on saturday 
have treads 
real treads
 alas 
they did not fit with socks
 they are lined in  pile or shearling 
its not as thick as the lining in uggs
 so they need a sock 
when i tried them on
 i wasn't wearing socks
 no socks necessary 
with the uggs
 i had on at the time

 i bought the 9.5 narrow
they told me i could return/exchange them
 if they didnt fit 
when i got home to try them with socks

 they didn't

 a pair of 10 are ordered 

i will have them
 in a day or three

 of course
 by then
 the streets will be ice free 

i hope



this 
was
 west 79th street
 at almost 10 a.m. 
sunday morning
 dreary
icy
 rainy 

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