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Blue Shoe Blues

2/18/2023

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Blue Shoe Blues

Well, I thought I knew what I wanted,
Wanted to reach up and touch the sky.
Looked online all night till morning,
That’s when they finally caught my eye.

They were so cool, so sweet, so perfect,
Thought they would make me feel like the king.
They were so blue and suede and perfect,
I knew they were just the right thing. 
 
They showed up a few days later,
I tore open the box just to find,
The were pale blue, not suede and so ugly,
I nearly went out of my mind.

(Chorus)
I got those blue shoe blues,
Folks pointing and laughin’ at me.
I got those blue shoe blues,
And I lost the f***ing receipt.

Tried to make the best of what’s bad,
Felt like the fool instead of the king.
They were the only shoes I now had,
And I hate to wear the damned things.

(Chorus)
I got those blue shoe blues,
Folks pointing and laughin’ at me.
I got those blue shoe blues, baby,
And I lost the f***ing receipt.

It’s not easy when you stumble,
Reach for the stars but then you lose.
My head down, so sad and humble,
But all I see’s them damned shoes.

I got those blue shoe blues,
Folks pointing and laughin’ at me.
I got those blue shoe blues baby,
And now they’re all I can see.

                                                -- William Martin
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Meeting Death

2/4/2023

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Meeting Death

Kneeling beside me
On a cold concrete curb,
Darkly hooded, hushed,
Hollowly familiar.

My eyes cast down,
Pretending hurt,
Yet not so lonely now.

I whisper, accusing,
—A weak veneer—  
“Where were you?
I’ve looked for you,
…Missed you.”

A thin cold arm 
Across my shoulders.
Comforting.
“I’m here now, 
…I never really leave.”

And we laughed together
Until I cried,
Laughed,
At the folly of it all.

                                    

                                               --William Martin
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