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IN PRAISE OF PARSIMONY

Elisavietta Ritchie


The groom? There he is.
The guy in the tux
from the rental shop.

Simpler to borrow but
Cousin Jerry, just his size,
has a dinner tonight.

And his buddy, Bob,
has not filled out
so much in the gut.

He bummed that for his
third daughter's wedding
to the wrong man.

Today RENT-A-TUX has a sale,
as for last year's cars
at Avis or Hertz.

Took him hours to settle
on plain satin lapels,
the black cummerbund.

Should he go for a floppy
midnight blue bow? Clip-on?
You'd think of some woman

hunting comfortable pumps
or choosing a hat -- feathers
or perhaps the red velvet?

Forget frilled front and studs.
He's got a white shirt at home.
And it's not the first time

for the bride either. He pays
cash, departs reassured: others
tested the merchandise first.



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