Little Black Dress | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Little Black Dress

Little Black Dress

January 21, 2011
By emmgr2 GOLD, Purcellville, Virginia
More by this author
emmgr2 GOLD, Purcellville, Virginia
14 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Judge each day not by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant"- Robert Louis Stevenson

View profile

Black is slimming,
but only if you can squeeze into it.
I grimace as I see
another bulge,
another quiver,
another uncomfortable woman in a
too tight dress and
too high stilettos.
I’m wearing a frilly green dress
with matching sneakers.
People are staring,
some patronizing,
some envious,
all shocked.
Most of the women wear black,
and girls are in pastel,
but I’m bright and smiling
against a sea of boredom.
They’re fake,
mannequins dressed up in the Macy’s window,
parading around for all to see like peacocks.
I’m the only real one here,
a cardinal in winter,
blood red against bare trees
and white ground.

© Kimberly C., Houston, TX

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
The Protectors' of the World
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
what is it?
By stardom21 BRONZE
Suisun City, California
stardom21 BRONZE, Suisun City, California
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Unreach Love
By C.J.H. BRONZE
Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
C.J.H. BRONZE, Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes the world tries ot knock it out of you. But I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales.&quot; August Rush(2007)

View profile
Poetry
Man On The Moon
By Keasbey GOLD
La Habra Heights, California
Keasbey GOLD, La Habra Heights, California
12 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who&#039;s left me so many times. I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who won&#039;t answer my call.&quot;

View profile
Poetry
What You&#39ve Done to Me
By ariwrites94 GOLD
Deltona, Florida
ariwrites94 GOLD, Deltona, Florida
17 articles 4 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.&quot; ---Plato

View profile
Poetry
Song of Crow
By Requiem SILVER
McCall, Idaho
Requiem SILVER, McCall, Idaho
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.