clothes horse
he still visits me
I tell her over the phone
we had been talking about
differences in the weather
and she promptly responds
no it’s you who still visits him
six months ago
he was talking about
all the suits lined up in the closet
don’t worry about it I said
they’ll be back in the game
before you know it
growing up poor
may have contributed
to me becoming a clothes horse
he once confessed
perhaps the first & only time
I ever detected weakness
don’t worry she tells me
there’s plenty of weakness
to go around for everyone
I’m just happy to see
someone’s keeping in contact
january two thousand twenty-one
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