My clothes

Ode to My Wardrobe

This cupboard keeps sartorial stories
that have little to do with fashion.
From recent eras to decades past,
my style could be called “confused”.
At times I like to play dress-up
but I’ve always hated stores,
so retailed clothes are hard to find
in the fabrics that pattern my life.
Clothes swap, yard sale, op-shop finds,
and cast-offs from family and friends
hang with oceans of protesting T-shirts,
earned over years of campaigns,
many stained with paint…