Richard Pierce<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span> </p><p>BLACK TIE</p><p>It's a pretend thing, just like Black Tie<br>In other places, though not as well <br>Phrased, to pretend you mean<br>Something, you're serious, you<br>Have heft, you're rich, have power.<br>Those in the real know buy theirs<br>At charity shops, thrift stores in the<br>Language of tuxedo wearers, and <br>Wear them with a sense of irony<br>Rather than a sense of belonging.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Tuxedo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tuxedo</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoem</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlackTie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackTie</span></a></p>