Shoes
To be a wall with a damper a stream of pounding way and nearly enoughchoice makes a steady midnight. It is pus.
A shallow hole rose on red, a shallow hole in and in this makes aleless. It shows shine.
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Shoes is in the public domain. This text is taken from Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms, Project Gutenberg ebook #15396; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Gertrude Stein, Shoes, in Tender Buttons (1914), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #15396, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/stein-tender-buttons/objects-shoes.html, id L28679.
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