Community Corner
Poetry Corner: Oddly Interesting…He Took His Shoes Off?
A poem inspired by your home Patch.
By Kodac Harrison
(who spotted this person between the Starbucks and The Little Shop of Stories)
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Around mid-night in the city
Lying passed out on the side walk
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Against the locked door of a coffee shop
In the corner of a recessed entrance way
Sprawled out on the concrete
Surely the cops would arouse him soon
He had taken his shoes off
They looked brand new to me
Probably acquired from some shelter
Maybe a church or community organization
Maybe he was not homeless at all
Maybe he just had too much to drink
At the bar I had just walked out of
He had taken his shoes off
He had placed his shoes next to his head
Maybe he felt uncomfortable wearing them
Maybe this was his nightly habit
Maybe too precious to sleep in
His offering to the gods of the night?
Before losing consciousness?
He took his shoes off?
I found that oddly interesting…
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