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THE SHOE BY THE ROAD

Along the side of every long major highway is always seen a single shoe. It is nearly impossible to travel down a desert road without seeing one, usually lying next to an old rotten bag of garbage from some fast food restaurant. The two naturally go together.

Often, I have wondered, "How does that single shoe get there?" Does some person suddenly decide as they are driving along that they hate their shoe, and just toss it out the car window as they pass? If this is the case, why is there always one?

Could it be that there is one single person who gets his kicks traveling the globe and leaving a single shoe or a single boot everywhere he goes, just to confuse people and start writers like myself thinking. I doubt that theory is true.

Personally, I think that somewhere out there in the world there are thousands of limping people who have accidentally misplaced one of their shoes. Perhaps some of them are amputees and only have one leg; all the more reason to limp. I think there are probably hundreds of one legged people who are all terribly upset by the fact that they are forced to buy two shoes and throw one away every time their old one wears out. Naturally, there are a few lucky ones who can share the high costs with a fellow amputee, but I'm sure this is a very low percentage.

These people are being ripped off every day and I feel it is time to do something about it. I've done my part by bringing this problem to your attention, now I hope that one of you will take this story to heart and open a nation-wide chain of "SHOE" stores for these poor soles.