I meet me ambling in the grocery store
and look into my cart
what a cheapo man am I
Saturday too I saw me in the state park
wearing torn yoga pants and old tennis shoes
like a gutterpup
I’d better start avoiding places
where I can bump into me
J.S. O’Keefe has published over three hundred short stories and poems in print and online literary magazines. See more at szjohnny.net.
Mysterious and fascinating…
Thanks, Joanna.
You following me around, you be doppelganger?
Nicely done, just right amount of spooky….
What’s dopelganger exactly? In my neck of the woods “double walker” is who sees himself from outside. Similar to people hearing their own voices talking.