The dress is a canvas
displaying the skewered
vision of a nonsensical
society in a fragmented
frame
The dress is a remnant
of a standard determined
long ago when a person
was supposed to know
to be quiet and kept
The dress is a covering
still used to avoid
detection, block
distraction and prevent
attraction
The dress is a personality
preening and prissy
twirling round and round
like a hula hoop on a
not-so-merry merry go
round
The dress is a mess
dirty and tattered
by a history of
justice, injustice
freedom and slavery
The dress is just
a piece of clothing
given more power
than a goddess
but considered
powerless nonetheless
Author Bio:
Shirley Jones-Luke is a writer, poet and high school English teacher. She has been writing since childhood and wishes to take her writing to the next level. Her writing interests are mainly nonfiction and poetry, but has recently begun making forays into fiction. Her personal interests are writing, reading, fashion, education and issues affecting women and girls. Ms. Luke's work can be found on allpoetry.com.
displaying the skewered
vision of a nonsensical
society in a fragmented
frame
The dress is a remnant
of a standard determined
long ago when a person
was supposed to know
to be quiet and kept
The dress is a covering
still used to avoid
detection, block
distraction and prevent
attraction
The dress is a personality
preening and prissy
twirling round and round
like a hula hoop on a
not-so-merry merry go
round
The dress is a mess
dirty and tattered
by a history of
justice, injustice
freedom and slavery
The dress is just
a piece of clothing
given more power
than a goddess
but considered
powerless nonetheless
Author Bio:
Shirley Jones-Luke is a writer, poet and high school English teacher. She has been writing since childhood and wishes to take her writing to the next level. Her writing interests are mainly nonfiction and poetry, but has recently begun making forays into fiction. Her personal interests are writing, reading, fashion, education and issues affecting women and girls. Ms. Luke's work can be found on allpoetry.com.
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