Commiserating with a Typewriter

Commiserating with a Typewriter

Today
I purchased a new pair of
shiny durable
leather boots.

My old pair-
cracked and scuffed,
torn and worn,
shank exposed,
sole deposed-
could give nothing more.

Years ago,
before all the
miles and mud,
dirt and debris,
shoe polish and shoe laces,
they too were a new pair of
shiny durable
leather boots.

But on this particular day,
they are being
cast aside
like the contemporary aspirations
of a typewriter.

They are an old pair of
dulled admirable
leather boots
and now, at last,
they can rest.

With their work cut out for them,
and new ground in front of them,
I wonder where
this new pair of
shiny durable
leather boots
will take me
tomorrow.