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Wardrobe Dust

Oct 30, 2021

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Poetry: Real Time (Almost) Volume 4

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I never really wore
My black bow tie
Or satin lapel
Dinner jacket

No, when I was
Out with you
I never really
Made it

I never really wore
That cummerbund
Or those strides
With a strip down the side

No, when I was
Out with you
I never really
Made it

I never really wore
Those shiny patent shoes
Or the see-through
Black denier stockings

No, when I was
Out with you
I never really
Made it

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Niet van der Zand
Niet van der Zand

Written by Niet van der Zand

words often hidden from ones inner self