Black Tie
In a charity shop today,
the tie rack was over-full
of old black ties –
silk, polyester and fabrics
invented and abandoned
in the nineteen-fifties.
It looks as if everyone
in this town has decided
to give up grief for good,
or that even the mourners
have died, leaving no one
to wear their black ties.
Richie McCaffrey’s collection Cairn has recently been published by Nine Arches Press.
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Marvelous! Must share the link for this on my Facebook wall…
I’d seen this earlier and somehow was reminded of it today. It took me awhile to remember where and what I was looking for but I’m happy I was able to re-find it. I do like it, top to bottom, but especially the final stanza.