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In Clothes

Holly Cross

“Yeah but,
you look good in your clothes”
�� she says.
I stand naked
in front of the mirror
never mind the rolls and dimples
never mind the breasts --
they light the path I walk.
That doesn’t matter when I am clothed.

I don’t care about clothes.
I don’t want to wear them.
That is why I care
about this reflection.
What if one day there were no clothes?
What would I do then?

I’d hide behind a tree
or maybe in a barrel.
I’d bury myself in the grass.
Maybe I could find a nice 5' wall
to carry around with me or maybe
I could make a sandwich board.

O the great lengths I would go to hide
the shame of my unappealing shape.
(The shape I secretly love)
The shape that she says
only looks good in clothes.



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