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# The Needful
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-needful/
- Published: 2022-10-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: the shoe is on the other foot this one -- a bit more stubborn the dress, more matronly than cute and etiquette would govern demanding that you put foot down dear god, my girl: you're in a gown!
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

the shoe is on the other foot  
this one -- a bit more stubborn  
the dress, more matronly than cute  
and etiquette would govern  
demanding that you put foot down  
dear god, my girl: you're in a gown!

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**Author notes:** image from pinterest