Outside Powell’s

Shoes
Side by side
On the sidewalk
Toes to the street
Waiting to cross
Looking across
Who is in them
No one
Everyone
Saturday-night smiles
Pass the shoes
Ignore the shoes
Not see the shoes
Enigma on the curb
Oh god
Are those my shoes

-T. Weeks
(A response to a pair of shoes
left on the curb outside Powell’s)