[Stylist] Ghosts and Fashion poem

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Ghosts and Fashion

C 2015 by Elaine Equi. 

 

Although it no longer has a body

to cover out of a sense of decorum,

 

the ghost must still consider fashion-

 

must clothe its invisibility in something

if it is to "appear" in public.

 

Some traditional specters favor

the simple shroud-

 

a toga of ectoplasm

worn Isadora-Duncan-style

swirling around them.

 

While others opt for lightweight versions

of once familiar tee shirts and jeans.

 

Perhaps being thought-forms,

they can change their outfits instantly-

 

or if they were loved ones,

it is we who clothe them

like dolls from memory.

 

Copyright C 2015 by Elaine Equi. Originally published in Poem-a-Day

 

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