Boot Tree

Milton Jordan

July 14, 2024

His eight boot tree along the back bedroom wall

holds a pair of Justins, two Luccheses 

and a pair M.L. Leddy made 

twenty years ago, worn carefully some Sundays.

The others stand, sole up and seldom worn

on that tree, their shine buffed, removed

now and then for display, but safety

at this stage requires more stable footing.

Milton Jordan lives with Anne in Georgetown, Texas. He co-edited the first Texas Poetry Assignment anthology, Lone Star Poetry, Kallisto Gaia Press, 2022.