70spoems/jeans

A POEM FOR MY NEW JEANS

My new jeans fit just right,
overalls with no top
long low pockets
for my tools,
legitimate work pants
that cost $1.00,
work pants of integrity
triple sewn seams
a high waist
that almost fits,
a good broad butt
just like mine
with a label saying
Built Well,
straight legs
that end where mine do
a plain pair of pants
and I mean it as praise,
made before it became
fashionable to be poor
and carelessly dressed
in high-priced jeans.