Caren Krutsinger Poet Narrative

Dead Mans Shoes

Harry has lived with us the entire eight years.
We did not know that agreeing to keep his shoes here was a big deal.
One day my husband said “I am throwing these oud!”
“We promised his widow!” I shrieked.
It was her one requirement when she sold us this house.

The next week was a nightmare.
I got carjacked. My husband lost his job.
One of our dogs got hit by a truck.
“It was those shoes!” I told my husband. 
“Get them back!”
We tried, but they were long gone.

Every week got worse and worse.
We separated, eventually divorced.
I remarried, and we tried to buy a house.
“That was Charlie’s hat,” the seller told us.
“Leave it in the closet, or….”
I ran out screaming.

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Gershon Wolf June 18, 2022 at 8:42 PM Shoe-r wish you could have gotten those shoes back!

John Lawless June 17, 2022 at 1:01 PM A nicely twisted ending there Caren. What size were the shoes??? Caren Krutsinger June 17, 2022 at 2:38 PM Size 13

L Milton Hankins June 17, 2022 at 11:00 AM OMG...talk about omens or harbingers. I would have run out screaming, too. Don't take any chances, I say. Caren Krutsinger June 17, 2022 at 2:39 PM My daughter and her husband bought a house. The widow's husband's hat was in the closet. She asked them to keep it there and they did; it always unnerved me.