Photo by Mary Torregrossa
SPECTRUM SPECIAL EDITION What's Next?

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Jackie Chou

Clothes


My mother said what's next

after consenting to buy me a dress

from the street corner discount store


Would her indulgence

open up a never-ending quest

when I got older

for Versace, Coco Chanel


In college

all my sparkles turned into tears

my Armani shades & Benetton dress

got old in one season

my Ford Escort a piece of junk

compared to a Mercedes, BMW


Next came a lifetime

wrapped in the second-rate

silks and satins

of the material world

a never good enough

tilted self-image

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