TIES

               

    I fix the windsor knot
        just like my dad.
        You said "Oh, no!
            The style is now the half."
    Debated often
        I would not get mad
        I hid my meek defiance
            with a laugh.
    I found the perfect tie
        for you today.
        You're colors,
            flashy, playful but not bold.
    I set it down
        but couldn't walk away.
        So strong the urge
            I bought it just to hold.
    It's shop until you drop
        then shop some more,
            but now by proxy
                as it were on cue.
    The last tie I picked out
        you did adore.
            Like dad
            I won't see it again or you.
    Enough of fantasy,
        denial and lies,
        I know the truth is
            dead men tie no ties.
 

 

 

Reviews

[TLK]

Goddam ties.