Worn Out

I am buried in clothing

Purple plaids

Pink fish

Stripes of every color

Even red, white, and blue and

Right now

All of it is size 4

Size 5 is next

With a few size 6 items

Prematurely shrunk or

On the small size to begin with

Waiting on the far right of the coffee table

Just on the other side of a mound of hangers

On this side of the hangers

Where I sit

My lap filled with clothes

Debating with my wife

Whether the Kohl’s blue polka dot dress

With the green 3-d flower looking thing

Should go for four dollars or

Five with a last day half off discount

We decide on four dollars

No discount and

So it goes

She’s asleep and

Now it’s our turn to shed the clothing

One piece at a time and

All at once