what size do you wear?

I remember the agony
of

shopping for a girlfriend
or God forbid
a wife.

the impossibility
of it all
whether

a ring, a bracelet.
or something to be worn.

it's never right. always
the wrong
size

the wrong color.
they were never happy with
anything I
bought

no matter how long
I shopped,
or tried.

is that for me or you,
they'd say
when opening up a box
of lingerie.

not a glimmer of happy
surprise
on their face.

until I gave them the receipts,
then life returned
to their eyes.