Tag: dress

  • Dolling Down

    Some folks like to dress
    others down for a night
    on the town to be seen
    or to mingle in the pile

    to start a scene walk
    the prowl talk the chat
    say a prayer to the folks
    at the top of the stares

    go-go with the up-flow
    the effluvium of the
    affluent dressed
    in advertisements

    ads in fashion zines
    Fellinists puttin’ on
    the style the smile
    all the while they

    used to say it was
    a young folks way
    but we can put on
    the style any while

    doll it up or doll
    it down the grin
    showing couth
    or clown frown.

  • An Approach to Stylelessness

    Language, the dress of thought,
    words its buttons.
    What are we trying to cover?
    Nothing.

    The dress interprets
    the body,
    its own reveal, skin and hair,
    apparently lacking

    something necessary
    to complete the ensemble,
    where sound means
    stylelessly.

    Dress, the body licensed
    for use, the slow decay
    its words describe,
    its missing buttons.