Pants are Overrated
Men’s clothes behave better
on the body. Slouching over
shoulders, creating caverns
of comfort for knees, hips
and breasts. You never see
a man and stop to think
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, honey
You can’t be comfortable.
Women on the contrary,
swim like snake-fish in
wriggling skins of cotton,
cashmere, ciffon, brocade.
Conforming the body to
contortions unimiginable
to the human spleen.
Sometimes I like to try on
pairs and take note of
daily task-lists
that could be achieved
without risking explosion.
Blue shorts: grocery shopping,
petting my dog, slight bend at
the hips if I were to drop a pen,
afternoon nap.
Leggings: basically like wearing
my own skin on top of itself,
can eat whatever I want,
people will more than likely
see my underwear.
Jeans: will hold my cell phone
in the butt pocket, look business
casual (if dark), feel great
taking them off, coming home.
4 thoughts on "Pants are Overrated"
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i feel this so much!
This is a light confessional poem that is also part social commentary. I like it.
Love the line “contortions unimaginable to the human spleen.” Made me laugh. Great poem!
I’m a fan of your last line; the feeling shared by both phrases comes through well to make a nice closing.