No One Ever Wore It That Way Before

Well done, she said. Smiling her biggest smile. I have never seen anyone else wear it like that! There are other ways to wear a skirt? On a head? Or a shoulder perhaps? You should buy it! She sang out gleefully. It looks great! Another stranger told me. Turn around! The other one said. I pirouetted, in front of the three-way. A stranger had asked me to, after all. It looks great! It looks darling! No one has ever worn it that way before. I look at the skirt…. On my waist. Wondering what that means. They do not let me leave without it. Telling me I have never looked better. Nothing like shopping at a store Where the salespeople are on commission. I will have my mother bring it back in the morning. A skirt I loathe, but I am such a people-pleaser. They hip-hip-hooray me as they take my credit card.