Victoria Secrets

i remember

years ago,

standing in line at 

the Victoria Secrets

Store,

buying

lingerie for a sweetheart,

for the holidays.

something to ring the new

year in with.

something sheer

and black,

sexy and slinky,

a pair of form fitting

fishnet stockings

and maybe a

decadent mask.

and now here i am at Kohl's

with my coupon,

holding

flannel pajamas, and slippers

in the shape

of a bunny rabbit,

and woolen socks that

she can pull up

past her calf.