ready to wear

 ready to wear

spring's runway witnesses irises 

unfurl

slipping from green silk cocoons to

elongate in time lapse lengths

frills of falls and standards

pop open as bloom matures

petals like a gown by Valentino:

Strelizia

Brocade

Poplin Plisse

or your three great aunts

top-heavy folds of crepe skin

leaning over sidewalks for cigarettes

with the latest gossip

roots showing

smelling of purple shampoo

dusty drawer liners and a 

heady scent of 

wonder

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