I dreamt that some occasion arose that I needed to wear my boots for. I rooted around in my closet and got out the steeltoe engineer boots I had with red and blue paint on them. but as usually they didn't feel quite right. I dug around some more and got the right hand boot from another pair, the taller motorcycle type. these were broken in more, and I put my foot in, gingerly because I was afraid I hadn't worn them in so long maybe a spider took up home in there.

I dug around for the left boot, and finally found it. I put my foot in it gingerly, too, and then found that the buckle to the strap across the foot was gone, mostly. it appeared to be chewed off. in my dream I knew which pet had done it but the day's events have blurred that knowledge by now. where the buckle should have been affixed the leather underneath looked brown, uncured.