Sonnets From Other Lives: Ernie

Just walk a mile in my shoes.
& while you’re at it you can wear my shirt.
Go ahead & put my pants on too.
So tell me how you feel now. Does it hurt?
Have I thanked you yet for the stigmata?
Did the dry cleaner send you a card?
Bloodstains put his kid through med school. Look I gotta
split now before somebody falls apart.
It’s all downhill from here on I’ve been told.
To bad because the view I got from here
depresses me & climbing’s getting old.
O I’ll shut up now & listen to you talk.
Gimme your shoes, OK? We’ll take a walk.