The Metropolitan Diary

‘Not Waiting for Her to Answer, I Quickly Slipped Off My Right Shoe’ (Published 2018)

I was at the corner of 42nd Street and Third Avenue rushing to work on a sunny morning when a well-dressed woman came up next to me. I could see that she was trying to ask me a question, so I took out one of my earbuds. “What brand of shoes are you wearing?” she said. I glanced down at my shoes. They were soft and pale pink and had white rubber soles. “They look so comfortable,” she said. “Do you want me to take my shoe off and look?” Not waiting for her to answer, I quickly slipped off my
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