Listen to Jim’s 3-minute audio podcast: https://youtu.be/xSDLsbfA3uE
or read his story…
CAPTURING THAT HIGH HEEL ATTITUDE MOMENT
At day’s end I find myself emptying pockets filled with detritus earlier stuffed into them in haste.
The predictables include loose change, wadded tissue, somebody’s business card, sticky notes, plastic toothpick, a polished stone, a lone dollar bill…
And the inevitable extended strip of CVS coupons.
How many miles of CVS paper have passed through hands and pockets on the way to trash receptacles this year?
Anyhow, I do spot one revelatory coupon that tickles memory and fancy:
GET $2.00 OFF YOUR NEXT EYE-SHADOW PURCHASE.
Can’t remember when I made my last purchase of eye shadow. Probably because it never happened.
But sweet remembrance kicks in and this snapshot of a phrase appears, SHE’S ALL LONG EYELASHES AND HIGH HEELS AND LEGS.
I wrote something about this beautiful and purposeful high heel person a long time ago, just after she breezed past me in hallways at City Hall.
Oh, here is part of the note. It’s called ATTITUDE HEELS.
She’s walking the walk
She’s jutting her chin
Her eyes are half-closed
She’s suppressing a grin.
Attitude heels
Attitude heels
Gotta get a pair of those attitude heels
Gotta stay cool
Gotta keep the beat
Strutting those spikes
And building up heat
Clicking and clacking
Staying on cue
She looks like she’s
Got lots to do
Attitude heels
Attitude heels
Must have must have attitude heels
You can’t be meek
You gotta be real
You must hang tough
And NEVER kneel!
You march right in
You strut straight through
You rule the wind
And the world follows you
Attitude heels
Attitude heels
Gotta get some of those attitude heels
Well, what more can I say about this apparition at City Hall? She speaks for herself. She remains a remarkable icon of efficiency and purpose and will and confidence. Wish I could find all that along with my other pocket stuffings.
Maybe I just did
© 2019 A.D. by Jim Reed
http://www.jimreedbooks.com/podcast