tony

tony \ TOH-nee \, adjective;

High-toned; stylish.

The dresses in my closet wait,

Strung, suspended on the pole
Like pearls on a string that sags

In the middle like my body

Is beginning to - like women always
Warn, always warned. I've become
Someone that says, "Almost 30,"
Sad and dull-ly, as redundant

As the woodpecker that digs its
Beak into the tree - something
Like my head against the table
Of those words. I once had a dress
With a watermelon on its chest

That grew with me every year
Seemed a wondrous trick to a child

Now I look at these resting

Silent on hangers and hope

My body squeezes into them.

If they don't, I'll blame the dryer,

The cheap fabric until I have to

Face the truth - how much my rump

Now mimics the waxing moon.