That Old Woman in the Shoe
The old women in the shoe?
“Git outta my shoe!” she cried
You see she was kinda crabby
Could be all those children
Some say she fostered nine
Others say close to 28
Hard tellin’ really
She had this High-top Converse
Converted to a house
Somewhere’s up on the East side
Corrugated metal kept out the rain
From comin’ in the top
Whenever it rained
Man you shoulda’ heard that roof sing
Though sometimes you could hardly think
There was this little door
Cut into the heel
That’s where she might greet you
So long as you brought bread,
You could listen and understand
And could lend a helpin’ hand
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I love playing with nursery rhymes. Your poem makes me rehear the original. Well-done build-up to the ending stanza in lighthearted fashion.