Ode to a Rolling Tennis Shoe

[Lightning Rod]

I invented the wheel, but I never thought
to put it on a tennis shoe

there are limits to creativity
I stand on the shoulders of cavemen

anything that can slide can roll
it's the theory of the wheel, but a tennis shoe?

the first time I saw a kid gliding by on his heel
it was in a grocery store....gotta get me a pair of those

who am I kidding? a simple recipe for a broken hip
think I'll just re-invent the wheel instead

[gypsyjoker]

you my poetic appreciation proffessor
Even I can see and hear that one clay
was that a poem?
you betcha
Ten to one
a dollar to a donut
that
that one was a poem
if it was not
please don't truth me.

Yeah I want a pair of those wheelie shoes too
But with my life style I am going get a walker pretty soon

[emel.scott]

there ya go LRod
spinnin' your wheels again
please try hard not to hurt yourself

[Lightning Rod]

jack,

When I go to the grocery store up on Forest Lane
which is a busy street,
I always see three or four people in those little wheelchair Hummers
they are boldly crossing the street and whizzing around the parking lot
I wondered why there were so many of them

last week I was entering the store and a couple of old timers in their hot rods were talking. I walked up to them and said, "What is this? A NASCAR convention?"

Of course they looked at me like I was crazy. But my smile has a way of defusing those situations. We talked for a few minutes. They told me that there was a disabled person's assisted living facility up the street. I told them that I would probably see them there soon. Those chairs go much faster than I can walk.

[mtmynd]

you're showing your age, eLRod. a wheel-heeled shoe could not possibly be called a 'tennis shoe.' how could anyone play tennis with 'a wheel on the heel' ? maybe 'sneaker'.... that would make sneakin' easier wouldn't it?

[Lightning Rod]

yeah, I think I've heard of sneakers, cec

but tennis shoes is an anapestic foot
while sneakers is a spondee
I needed an anapest

[mtmynd]

'anapestic'... 'spondee'... damn, you're a word slingin' cowboy!

how about 'blue sneaker'..?

[Lightning Rod]

if I was writing this like music I would want triplets with an accent on the first note

Dah-dah-dah

that's a dactyl ---three beats
an anapest is a type of dactyl
but it has the accent on the first beat

I'm not word dropping, this is just the nuts and bolts of poetry