in ten thousand years a shoewill emerge from bog mudcracked, seamy leatherunlaced and tiny
this used to be boglandfar as the eye goes
what passes for history passestense never changesa shoe still means teapotpan, whiskhat means belts and soupbowls
what grew here, what growsnever could mould a shoenever could dig it
this was boglanda house, a garden
why this shoe is tiny, onlythis shoe caught off guardten thousand years in the drying
