If you put magic shoes

if you put magic shoes
on the feet of a wooden goat
it will fly to the moon
if you put magic shoes
on the feet of an oak
it will sing a lullaby
if you put magic shoes
on the feet of the earth
it will swallow up the sky:

but there:
there under the rubble
are feet and shoes
separate
separated
broken
b  ro  ke  n
bloodied
bloody
silent
silenced
still
stilled

b r o k   _en

if you put magic shoes on
the feet of a bomb
will it refuse to touch
even the hair
even the shoe
even the foot
even the goat
even the smile
even the life
even the broken doll
of a little child.

For Susan’s prompt on What’s going on: Magic Shoes