Poetry Archives - This is The Con-Fusion

Sometimes

Jim Short March 9, 2019 slice of life

Sometimes They tell you things you need to hear

Sometimes They tell you things you shouldn’t hear

Sometimes They won’t be quiet at all, even if you don’t understand

Sometimes You wish others could hear, but they’re listening to themselves

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Dead Man’s Shoes

Jim Short October 20, 2018 slice of life

He bought the shoes on a Monday, I think.
The store was pretty crowded, but he found them right away.
9EEE. The perils of wide feet.
These are pretty comfortable, he thought.

The shoes came home in their box, as

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