They say you can’t
really know a man
until you spend
a day in his shoes.
***
But what of the man
who refuses to let me
wear his shoes?
***
And what of the man
who then threatens
physical violence
after I attempt to remove
his shoes anyway?
***
Can we ever really
know that man?
***
No, probably not.
***
At least, not without
those shoes.
The Couch Elf by Mary Cellini
©2021
t r e f o l o g y 
Hahaha! Thanks for the laugh my friend
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Thank you, Sadje (as always)
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Thank you DB(B)THREE
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It’s difficult to right a humorous poem. Nicely done.
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Thank you, luv. I appreciate it.
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You wouldn’t want to spend a day in my old, worn-out shoes — at least, not in public (as far as I’m concerned, comfort beats appearance hands down).
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True. Comfort always beats appearance. The great medievalist, philosopher & social commentator. Ignatius J. Reilly taught me that lesson.
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What if the man was barefoot?
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All I need to know. Hippie.
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:D
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Ha ha ha ha, this is a great one!! I really appreciate your sense of humor!
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Thank you, Craig. I appreciate that you appreciate it.
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Just tell him that getting to know his awesomeness is the sole reason for wanting to walk in his shoes.
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That boat sailed when I receieved the restraining order.
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Very true, but to be honest, I’m thinking it would be creepy to see someone walking around in my shoes. I would be constantly thinking, “Dude! Those are my shoes. Give them back. My feet are getting cold.”
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True. And what of the man with overly-sweaty feet? How badly do we need to “really” know that guy?
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I think I could do without knowing that guy.
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My dad would say: “I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet” – George, have you changed your site’s format? I see no Like button or comments thread any longer. Intentional?
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I cannot recall the comic who said this, but I believe the next line is, “… So stole that man’s shoes.”.
I decided to remove the like button, though it is still on the ‘reader’. Aesthetically, I prefer it, but I am also hoping it will free me up a bit to experiment more.
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The like button actually served as a bookmark of sorts to let me (the reader) know which of your posts i had already read. Now when I return, I really have no idea.
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Reminds me of that time I tried to get to know that old sea captain. He moved surprising quickly for a man missing his peg leg.
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Hah! Funny association that. Is it just from Ahab and the whale, or was it an actual risk of working on a ship? Leg gets caught in a rope, perhaps? Or, from battle? And how many had legs that doubled as a blunderbuss, as in the cartoons?
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That all makes perfect, logical sense. You just wanted to know the guy. Sheesh. What’s his problem?
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I don’t know, Bets, life is a mystery.
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Maybe waking in another man’s shoes is identify theft. That could explain why my pals started calling me Dude when I was bowling in another man’s shoes. And that time we snowshoeing they called me Yeti. Now I get it.
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It could be they have trouble remembering your name.
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Yeah, my pals do have that trouble. Even I have to think before I remember that I am, therefore, by any name, sweet smelling as the man’s shoes I walk in.
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Atticus would be perplexed by your post.
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I say, “wear a man’s shoes”, Atticus says, “climb into his skin”, so who is the sociopath?
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But how were the shoes acquired? Is this a trick question?
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How about when you have big feet? Others can walk in your shoes but theirs don’t fit.
And the small feeted are in closed club where only the other small feeted know what it’s like to walk in their shows.
And when the big feeted try to fight for their rights, they get all the cryptid jokes. At least they don’t have to worry about trying to get the ocean moving with the right motion but that’s a whole other subject.
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Begs the question, Can we ever really know the man with really small feet without laughing?
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The sole fell off the bottom of my boot in the middle of Pavilion’s the other day (a grocery store).
People might be right to think, “Jeez, where’d she get those?” ’cause I got them in a thrift store. So I have ALREADY walked in someone else’s shoes and not enjoyed the experience at all, lol.
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In movies when the heroine breaks a heel she always snaps off the other one, too. Maybe you should have tried that move. Who knows? You could start a new trend, or, you can be asked to leave the Pavilions. One or the other.
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I did tear the other one off, Geo! No matter. Still escorted out by security. Or maybe it was the watermelon I forgot to pay for? Oh, well………..!
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Haha!
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I’m still puzzling over the Elf 😕
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Hah! My friend, Mary likes to contribute the odd photo from time to time.
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What if a man wanted to know a woman, especially one who wore high heels? Or if a woman who liked high heels wanted to know a man who wore work boots? I wear tennis shoes mostly, right now black with hot pink laces. Wanna try them on?
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Black with hot pink? Just like my roller boogie skates. Sure, I’ll try ’em. And then I will finally understand the mysterious Ms. H.
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Oh, funny and wise!
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Thank you. As I have always said, Any wife of a cheeseseller is a wife of mi– No wait, any friend of the wife of a cheeseseller is the friend of the wife. Eh, forget it. I guess I never really said it anyway. But cheese is great. Love it.
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:)
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You know not to mess with his footwear.
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Sorry I’m slow to comment on this one — I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to fall. 😝
P.S. I too miss the Like button!
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Hmm, you could always write “like” in the comments, I suppose. Thanks, Betty.
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I know this misses the point, but that couch elf is SO CUTE.
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Not at all. My friend, Mary will appreciate reading this.
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Ha! Hmm. It’s all about those shoes. Happy new year
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Must have those shoes, Psych. Thanks and the same to you.
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