Canberra Fairytale

This shoe has been fascinating me for some time.

What it lacks in style it makes up in mystery - sitting patiently outside my office for at least two weeks, perched thoughtfully on a utility cover. I wonder what its story is....

Since I work at the epicentre of the Canberra Public Service, my fevered imaginings involve something like...

"But of course you shall go to Senate Estimates, my dear"

[Note [s]my restraint in the absence of [/s]reference to Slippers or indeed Cabcharges]

I wonder if I've jinxed it, for when I left work today I noticed it was sprawled akimbo, like the ambitions of our revered Speaker.