I too, have got shoes

Have you seen shoes on children here 
No shoes for other children 
No shoes for your children 
My uncle said to my dad 

I lost my shoes—small shoes 
from then on 
My feet crushed the thorns 
from then on 

The city was taken from me 
But not me from the city 
from then on 

Many years later my shoe remover died 
And I got back my shoes 
Bigger shoes—for crushing thorns 
from then on 

I cat walked in them 
And went to bed in them 
from then on 

I got the city back 
Even when I stayed there 
from then on 

Believe me I too have got shoes 
And I slip my feet in them 
But not for sleep anymore 
Yes I too have got shoes 

Other children wear shoes 
My children wear shoes 
Wear shoes why not 
Why not why not why not why not 

Shoes in the cot 
Shoes to school 
Shoes to the market 
Shoes to the office 
Why not wear shoes