four feet under

what is the name for the top part of your foot? the part before the ankle.

the bottom of your feet are the soles, the inside the arch, toes are toes of course, and an ankle an ankle (what an 'a' alliteration) - but is there a name for the top part? like the supersternal notch, i want to know because that's the part that's so close, when naked feet touch on a sofa, beneath the dining table or under covers, pleasantly crowded together in a small space.

sometimes i think that it's an event that's even more close than holding hands - anybody holds hands, for any number of reasons - like crossing the road, and teens do it to go steady though probably nowadays they do a whole lot more - but how often do we get close enough to someone to sit at home together, reading on the couch or slouched on the bed?

is that why playing footsie under the table is such a big deal? because like goodmorning, feet are a special space? is that part of why beaches are special, to feel the sand beneath your feet, and without their armour of shoes?

i know this is asia and we're functional and we expose feet to all sorts of stuff in our slippers, but we wash them and take off our shoes before going indoors, that's all quite significant too. it's rude to show your soles in thailand, but they teach kindergarten kids to clean off before going into classrooms too (so i've heard).

i remember a girl in shorts, on the phone, oblivious to me, her bare feet idly stepping on the tiles one way and then the other, step-step-stepping.

what is the word for when the soles of your feet touch mine as we drift of to sleep?

i want to know the word for the feel of four feet under the covers.