My Overalls
The best thing is their color,
old-night or early-dawn.
No, the best thing is their limpness
when I hoist them on.
No, the best thing is their looseness
like the soft skin of a pup
No, the best thing is their buckles
like a suitcase snapping shut.
No, the best thing is their perfume
of cows and hay and dung.
No, the best thing is their many holes
to let in all the sun.
Obviously I don't own any overalls that are redolent of "cows and hay and dung", but I do have a couple of old pairs--vintage!--that aren't quite holey yet, but may get there sooner rather than later.
More poems to come!
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