JORTS

jorts
nobody likes it
when I wear my short jean shorts
I come out of my room
and my housemates grunt
and sigh and go, “ugghh, come on.”
and when I go out to the coffee shop
people see my white spindly legs
and if they know me
they come up and say, “really, man? Really?”
and because of this
because nobody likes
my short jeans shorts
or ‘jorts’ they’ve been called
I like them even more
and I like to wear them more
strange that way
how something that brings others
irritation and misery
can bring me loads of glee
strange and also very amusing