Like a polyester sunset
On a foreign moon
My tangerine and violet pants
Will make the ladies swoon.
I know I am an icon
Since I bought my puce fedora
And an indigo graphic t-shirt
About the African diaspora.
I’ve got a turquoise leather coat
And burgundy canvas shoes.
I’m going to make a statement.
What have I got to lose?
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I went to climb a climbing wall
This weekend, called “The dome.”
I did decently, but I wanted
To get practice back at home.
So I stuck a spike into a wall
Intent to reach the top.
I would have made it too,
Except the building made me stop.
That’s when I learned this lesson:
If you want to climb a mountain
Practice with a non-supporting wall
On which the building is not countin’.
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