There is, of course, no hid­den chap­ter in the ​“Good Book” that explores san­daled Jesus’ fash­ion rules, but Cor­nelius Eady in ​“East­er Shoes” is being fun­ny and dead­ly seri­ous. The poem takes him back to child­hood, to the pains of con­for­mi­ty and the forced obe­di­ence of being ​“dressed”, ​“encased” and ​“pinched” into decen­cy. ​“East­er Shoes” cel­e­brates the petu­lant act of cre­ative rebel­lion that he achieves by scuff­ing the imprac­ti­cal shoes while main­tain­ing the ​“mirage” of obedience.