What to Wear Where
BY J. PATRICK LEWIS
When I was a boy
In Looziana,
We wore blue jeans
And a red bandanna.
My folks moved up
To the state of Maine,
We wore duck shoes
In slicker-suit rain.
My folks moved down
To the state of Texas,
We wore brand names
Like Lazy X’s.
Now that we’re living
It up in Vermont,
We wear pretty much
Whatever we want.
J. Patrick Lewis, “What to Wear Where” from The Bookworm’s Feast, published by Penguin Putnam, Inc. Copyright © 1999 by J. Patrick Lewis. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Source: The Bookworm’s Feast (Penguin Books, 1999)