Famous Boots

As a little girl she loved western boots Loved to pretend she was riding a giant horse Pictures were all over the home of her and the white boots When she got a little older she finally rode a real horse with laughter Her parents bought her a horse when she was ten and took many pictures She wore her boots and that horse as well She fed the horse apples,carrots and peppermints The horse would chomp the apple and carrots but put the peppermints in his cheek He sucked on that candy and the drool was red She would wear her battered boots to school and the horse wore the drool When she was eighteen the horse died but the boots didn't They were bigger now and polished in case the boys called She bought a new horse but wore the old boots The horse didn't know they were old and the boots were shined Her friends were all fashionable but the boots were hers They carried her with marriage,babies and through her divorce The heels wore down like her marriage but she didn't and the new horse loved peppermints too Marriages wear as do people but those famous boots can be re shod And she was older and forgetful and the horse died But when she put those boots on she was ten and galloping And she would chomp an apple or carrot and suck on a peppermint And the drool on her famous boots To my dear friend and her horse who loved peppermints