My Right Shoe
Timothy Kercher
I just discovered I spend
more time than I thought
with one size 11 foot in
a hollow dirt mound
and to tell the truth,
it came cheap. It had taken
my right foot time to adjust—
that I couldnt find a match
for my left was a problem.
One I got used tothe imbalance
of a brisk left step always
followed by the dawdling plod
of my right. Sometimes I
walk so slow its as if I’m
following myself, the sensation
so real I keep looking
over my shoulder. But that’s
not the worst of itpeople
ask questions like, Whats that
youre wearing? I tell them
A grave.
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