flip flop
the sound of ease
and summer
not much to slip into
or out of
sand between toes
and other cracks
released in sleep
to gritty sheets
grinding our sleep
and clogging up washing machines
long gone the days of high button shoes
and the shoe horns that went with them.
Waist cinchers
give way to bikinis
and bikinis
to nude beaches
half of the world
flip flopping
rubber soles
and swinging breasts.
flip flops
taking the place
of gasps
as stays are tightened
the other half
burqas and Jimmy Choo
these differences
in freedom found
and freedom
found too slowly
find release in
collapsing towers
conceal, reveal.
flip flop.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I love that sound. It means beach. Sunshine. Lazy days. Lovely post.
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Thanks, Marilyn.
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A similar ring, flip flop, tick tock similar ring similar talk. It’s such an easy way kind off swing and sway fits right in the way we spend our day. Thanks that was fun
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Thanks. You had fun writing your comment, as well.
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I love the flip to the serious ending.
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You are the only one who caught (or at least commented upon) the real flip flop. Good for you! And the intention of mentioning the flip flop from button up shoes to flip flops in western society hints perhaps at a similar chance of change in societies of the burqa as well.
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