Lost...

It's a sad sad day
When you lose a mate
But one of my Converse
Suffered just such a fate

How will I find it
The only shoe I ever lost
It was a good shoe
Oh, all night, how I tossed

Did it leave on its own
Or did it conspire
To run off with that darned heel
The lone sock from the dryer

I could not find it
Oh, where could it be,
That poor canvas shoe
It meant so much to me

I looked in my closet
And under my bed
But all that I found where
Dust bunnies instead

I looked in the furnace
And under the coal grate
Every nook. Every Cranny,
Yet no sign of my sole mate.

I had to face facts
That shoe was not there
My mood changed from panic
To one of despair

But despair was no more
It was no longer a pair
One shoe with no sole mate?
That hardly seems fair

Oh what will I do
Schools in just a few minutes
There's a sneaker gone missing
And my foot isn't in it

So I grabbed my backpack
For I figured I must hop
To get down the street
In time for my bus stop

There are few things more silly
That you'll see on the street
Then a girl hopping madly
With one shoe on her feet

Quite tired I was
When I got to the corner
With the bus driver waiting
And honking her horn

I needed a drink
To quench my thirst
This day was becoming
One of the worst

So I unzipped my backpack
And I swear this is true
Inside my lunchbox
Was that stupid old shoe

How did it get there?
I wondered a bunch
And what in the world
Had I done with my lunch?