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I Am Not Sophisticated Enough To Wear Black

I am not sophisticated enough to wear black Sure I can look at it from a distance I can put tiny touches of it in my art But I am not sleek or classy or elegant Black is that I am not mysteriously beautiful Black is I am not presidential like black. I am not polished or patent-leather. I am not silk or satin. Certainly not black Sure black and white I can do Hounds tooth checks, sure. But piano black? Gloss black? Sleek black? You are barking up the wrong dog.

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/21/2019 8:53:00 PM

Ha, ha! Bow-wow. Arf. Hope I don't black out... :) gw

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/22/2019 12:03:00 AM

You will not, but sometimes I nearly overdose on Orange, which I LOVE to do!

Hilo Poet

Date: 5/20/2019 10:06:00 PM

Black is definitely all that and not just a tip-toe to one's grave Caren, Aloha wk

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/21/2019 2:16:00 AM

I do not do "prissy" or "elegant" or "chic". It is not me. As you may have already guessed, William.

Panagiota Romios

Date: 5/20/2019 4:56:00 PM

Black is hot in La, Hollywoid, too. I love Houndstooth. Presidents wear navy blue I think? The SC judges wear black.boubou I look awful in black. Panagiota

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/21/2019 2:16:00 AM

I wear it only if there is nothing orange, turquoise, or paisley clean.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 5/20/2019 4:40:00 PM

ha! this is funny to me, caren, because black is the uniform for new yorkers, most of whom are not necessarily "sleek or classy or elegant." i wear a lot of black and am certainly none of those things! (i enjoyed your poem, though...)

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/21/2019 2:17:00 AM

Thank you. I see black as "stuck up" and elegant.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/20/2019 3:08:00 PM

I really enjoyed this one and also your twist on barking up the wrong tree. Clever mind you have, caren.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/21/2019 2:18:00 AM

Thank you my friend. My mind is prancing along all prissy now, with a big head starting. So thanks for that. Trixie is playing her brass band, taking all the credit as usual.