Sonnet, 11/5/2019 [by Mitch Sisskind]

Mitch SisskindSonnet, 11/5/2019 (by Mitch Sisskind)

In the old days working at Republic Steel

We gathered nightly at Moose Cholak’s

Calumet Inn on 99th Street and Ewing.

It was when polyester double-knit pants

Were coming in and one night this guy

Said to me, ‘No reason to worry about

‘Pants anymore what with the way these

‘Double-knit disco pants are coming in,’

And I said, ‘I agree with you completely,’

And he went on, ‘Pants are suddenly a

‘Non-issue because of the double-knits,’

And I said, ‘You are correct,’ and as he

Wonderingly shook his head I insisted,

‘Beyond any doubt, what you say is true.’

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Author: The Best American Poetry