The President on the Shoe’s Upper by Bei Ta
The President on the Shoe’s Upper Bei Ta
The head portrait of the president
Is on a coin
The coin is on the shoe’s upper
While the shoe is on my foot
I put up my foot
And then put it down
Sometimes it is as light as a feather
Sometimes it is as heavy as a stone
When my foot falls down
It does not touch the earth
Or the president
Because I am wearing shoes
Between the president’s head
And my head
There is my body---
The short distance like that between the sky and the earth