Ode to the Crop Top
O sliced crêpe;
dress code break;
half- set sun;
slut symbol;
cracked window;
short story;
a whole summer carnival, shrunk.
How I adore your spunk,
your sincere open call for air
on my belly hair.
The little Target® boy
groaning eww as I pass
isn’t worth any ire.
He’s playing with fire,
but his parents lit the torch.
To think such small cloth
sparks grown brains aflame.
Why you in a girl’s top,
the man yells in DC.
I could have cut him one too,
so we’d both feel the breeze.
“Ode to the Crop Top” from Muscle Memory published by [PANK] Books. Copyright © 2022 Kyle Carrero Lopez. Poem originally published by Hobart. All rights reserved.
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