He has been a municipal footslave in this same spot all his
adult life – kissing generation after generation of his betters’ feet for more
than 60 years, day in and day out, night after night, 365 days a year. And today
is no exception, as a young woman of 18 years casually has her sneakers kissed
just to make herself feel good. She revels in her power over the old man,
though she quickly forgets about him as she is distracted by the contents of her
phone.
Footwear styles may have changed over the decades, but what
hasn’t changed is the street dirt attached to his patrons’ shoes, and their
perennially disparaging attitude towards him. Furthermore, his patrons didn’t
have mobile phones back in the day!
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He has served generation after generation at his municipal footblock... |
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...and today will be no exception as an 18 year old representative of the younger generation stops gloatingly in front of him |
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She says nothing as she riaes her sneakered foot onto the concrete footblock... |
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...her sense of entitlement means she knows the slave has no option but to kiss-respect her feet |
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She swiftly loses interest in him, turning her female attention to the contents of her phone |
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Meanwhile, the old footslave kisses feet for what must be the 10 millionth time! |
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All his life he has been kissing the public's feet... |
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...the feet of his betters. |
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He has tasted millions of shoes and boots... |
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...and observed millions of socks! |
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This has been, is now and always will be his lowly life... |
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...humbly kissing the feet of his betters! |
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The young woman arrogantly continues to focus on the contents of her phone high above the slave... |
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...until such time as she is ready to leave |
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Then she turns her back on him and saunters off... |
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...without a thought for him |
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The pathetic footslave, meanwhile, watches his customer's departing feet with humility and admiration... |
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...as he has done with countless customers' feet down through the years |
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He longingly looks at the dirt his menial mouth was unable to reach - on the very soles of her shoes! |
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Dirt, shoes, socks, humiliation... |
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...such is his lowly life! |