Hemingway Can't Keep My Attention

I'm sitting, trying to hold a steady thought;
a difficult task today -- and why should today be special?
If Hemingway can't keep my attention,
great as he is,
then nothing can.
So I'll put him aside, right next to Melville,
who I set down years ago. 
I'll just sit and let my mind wander off.
Maybe I can focus on more important things 
like when did my shirt get so tight?

Author's Note

And I'm such a Hemingway fan.

Reviews

[emmajoy]

At least you don't have to sew buttons on a book!? Like the fun and ingenuity of this poem, has the taste of a slim book with other such observations! Have you considered that? Fun moments spent and hopefully more to come. .

[James]

I haven't considered that, thank you so much it's always good to see you here.

[emmajoy]

You really should, if you don't mine me saying so.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is too funny....not easy to put Hemingway aside...but Melville? i put him aside after a couple pages---

and then bought a bigger shirt.

j.

[James]

Glad it gave you a laugh. I read "Moby Dick" but it took me a year and I skipped a lot of pages. I was reading "A Movable Feast" and couldn't stay with it when this popped in my head.