July 29, 2008

clothes, styles, identity

i realize
that i have over 40 tshirts in my room currently
and that's only tshirts .
i am partially proud and partially disgusted with myself .

do you notice people only go "whoa, that's a nice shirt"
when it's different ? like , you see an a&f sweater not a lot of people would say
hey , that's a nice sweater . i mean , the quality is amazing , the prices soaring
and yet when you find a piece of scrap from a shaggy vintage store
throw it on with something funky , someone goes up to you and says
the words that make you smile

it's weird , why do you say "thanks" when someone says your clothes are nice
i mean , they are your clothes , but it's not like you designed them ,
nor did you sew them , or stitch them piece by piece
what a conundrum

unless of course they mean that you pieced it together
so the colours beautify each other the materials rub
your appearance well uplifted by simple things gone haywire

and all the while we just want to be naked
and not judged

i am going to go
and return some clothes
to their rightful owners
and figure out with to do
with the rest of my things .
ridiculous
ridiculous

2 comments:

timmy said...

you're great. and i hate all of your shirts. better?

rach said...

and maybe let me take some ?