<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531006" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>July 1 2009***Giving His Boots a Rest</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He is resting <br>In a comfortable Library chair<br>With his boots and jacket on<br>His backpack is nearby</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's reading today's paper<br>And has three plastic covered<br>Magazines stacked on the floor<br>To read next</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's in from the cold and rain<br>He's in where it's warm and dry<br>He's been to the men's room to<br>Wash himself and his socks and shorts</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Wrapped in a plastic bag<br>He'll dry them later<br>Now he's trying to get his boots to dry<br>They're damp and well worn</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They are not worn out<br>Just like him<br>They are well worn<br>They've covered many miles </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's worked in them<br>He's slept in them<br>To keep warm and to see<br>That they are not stolen</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Where do you put your shoes at night? <br>Under you bed? In your closet? <br>It's been a long time <br>Since he's had either</div><div style="margin:10px 0">How do you<br>Keep your feet from freezing<br>In the long hard-frost winter nights? <br>How do you keep warm? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">If you'd never had to worry<br>You wouldn't appreciate <br>The warm dry Library chair<br>That gives his boots a rest</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tom+J.+Mariani">Tom J. Mariani</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531006" data-title="July 1 2009***Giving His Boots a Rest de Tom J. Mariani" data-description="He is resting In a comfortable Library chair With his boots and jacket on His backpack is nearby He's reading today's paper And has three plastic covered Magazines stacked on the floor To read next He's in from the cold and rain He's in where i..."></div> </div> </div>

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