Wrought & Found

Original poems and found images

~by Mia Sara

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If It Fits

I’m a shoe.
I am hand sewn, and polished.
I go with everything.
I cost no more than an arm,
or a leg.
There’s a kiss on my instep
from the one that got away.
I can lift your spirits,
at least five inches.
I’m always the perfect fit.

I know how to hold you,
how to pinch you, just so.
The pain of all the wasted years,
I’ll banish it
to your left pinky toe.

Tired of repeating yourself?
I’ll hear you the first time.
The thrust of my stiletto
will never let you down.
Give me a try. It’s that easy.
Why suffer
all of life’s little disappointments?

You fear you’ve failed your kids.
The meter’s run out on your face.
Forget about the opportunities lost.
My last came first. I am never too late.

Give me the crux of you,
so wasted on those big ideals.
I’ll give you a purpose. Stand upright.
I am the muscle of your dreams,
let me grip you tight.

Stop worrying about everything.
We’re not family. There is no “we.”
There is you, and there is me.
I ask nothing. I need nothing.
I don’t even want to know your name.

It’s better not to over-think it.
I give you permission to forget.

I’m not important. I require no skill.
Show me your soul, and I’ll show you mine.

Now slip me on, and pay the bill.

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Mia Sara is an actress and poet living in Los Angeles. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in poemmemoirstory, Pembroke Magazine, The Write Room, PANK, Cultural Weekly, The Kit Kat Review, Forge, The Dirty Napkin, St. Ann’s Review, among others. For more please visit: http://wheretofindmiasara.tumblr.com/