An Ode to Overalls

What do I love,

Most of all?

My denim sheath,

My overall.

But when I walk

Down the street —

Their plain surprise

When our eyes meet.

I stride right through

Their probing stares:

Fashion’s for me

And I. Do. Dare.

Words by Emily Siegel, illustration by Gabi Anderson. Follow them both at Urban Ditty, and read their poems on MR, like this one about expensive hamburgers, this one about scary bouncers, this one about that gluten-free life, and this one that will make you go, “Ew.”