my mother would
take us
to Sears
or Pennys for back to school
shopping.
after
the notebooks, and pencils
were bought,
we were allowed
one new piece of clothing.
i picked out a pale
green sweater
the color of celery that i
fell in love with the moment
it hit my eye.
it was on a hanger, which
made it
even more valuable.
not in a stack with the common
colors of red, blue
or black.
i wore
it on the first day of class.
english
with mr. stringer, the drama
teacher, no less.
we went around the room
introducing ourselves
and when he came to me
he loudly pointed out to the class
that we are living in a different
world now.
the age of aquarius, or some
b s like that.
a young man would
never ever wear
something like that
in years past. bravo my boy.
bravo
and then he clapped and they
all clapped.
the horror.
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