the new dress

I bought a new dress
she says, spinning around
in the living room.
do you like it?
you look up from
applying calamine
lotion to your leg,
and say. hmmm. looks
like all the other
ones. no, she says.
this one is green
and blue, the other
one was blue and
green. oh, you say.
this itching is
killing me. are those
new shoes too.
no, she says, but
I think I need some
to go with the new
dress. okay, you say,
pick me up some
gauze and more lotion
while your out.