i saw Our Town in this suit

i'm

pleased with myself

that

the suit still fits.

hardly worn,

black

and conservative,

proper

for any era,

it's

still hanging in the closet

beside

the full length

mirror.

it's

the wedding suit,

the funeral suit,

the opera suit, i saw

To Kill a Mockingbird,

in it once, and

Our Town

many years later.

they may have to

bury me

in this suit.

which would be fine

with me.

i keep

all the folded invitations

in my coat

pocket.

tickets, and brochures,

Playbills, 

parking stubs,

receipts.

they say you can't take it

with you.

but i believe you can.