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"shoe leaf" is Georgia O'Keefe on steroids. On your feet.
Of course, 't'were me, I wouldn't be able to avoid The Pun: "Shoe Horn" offers a lot of possibilities, as do "Tennis shoes", and "The shoe's on the other foot"...