Delightful to wear polyester pants again,
Bucking all fashion trends and cruel class distinction.
The gift from a loved one renouncing the days when
Monogrammed sleeve cuffs, cufflinks, silk ties and ball pen
Adorned fine threaded fabrics of custom tinction.
Delightful to wear polyester pants again,
Baptized, clothed anew in the garments of great ken,
Kingly for the kingdom where love is the mission.
The gift from a loved one renouncing the days when
Slavery to sin ruled the new day and heathen
Pursuits parsed the day’s minutes into fad fiction,
Delightful to wear polyester pants again.
Meditate to the day and plight of those first cen-
Tury martyrs: fierce Flavians; Benediction
The gift from a Loved One renouncing the days when
Captivity, damnation the plight of all men,
Condemned them to a death like final extinction.
Delightful to wear polyester pants again,
The gift from a loved one renouncing the days when…
Gary Edward Geraci
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- Comment from author about the poem: Villanelle. This poem calls one to the simple act of gratitude for being reclothed as a Baptized believer of Christ. No matter the expense or “cut” of the fabric now, we don’t look at ourselves in the same way we might have when we were younger and perhaps more concerned with our appearance and what others might think. It is truly liberating to come as one is - to put on the “polyester pants” of “gratitude and humility”, for God will provide as God provides, and prepare one’s day to do the most prestigious job of them all: Kingdom building.
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Thank you Gary, you have inspired me to hunt for the polyester lurking in my closet. Polyester will rise again!
That's the second Villanelle you've put up here recently, Gary - and the one I did was quite hard to do. Good for you.
Just..not..sure.. about.. polyester.. pants. .........Making me feel quite hot and itchy....
Getting quite whimsical in your........... mature years?
Pants as in trousers (USA) Gary?
We have underpants and trousers in UK!
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