Thursday, November 22, 2012

Velvet Pants


I am missing a pair of pants, today.
They were velvet.
I don’t know what has happened to them.
I recall they developed some inopportune holes
In some, shall we say, modest places,
And not just the ones at the bottom,
Where the feet are supposed to dangle out.
But, I thought of them today,
And wished that the styles would cycle back through,
And once again,
Velvet pants could be purchased
At your local pants-ery.

But let this be a lesson to us,
We who are comfortable
And out of style.
Let us not wear our welcomes thin
In areas delicate.
Let us not say
We would cut one off,
When we don’t know
Where one’s getting it.
Or we might find ourselves
In a bag of rags
Headed for salvation army.

-jenn long

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