is the belt back in fashion?

it joins

connects

uplifts midrifts

takes up the slacks

or so

these days we’re told

belts bring great gains to all

 

yet a belt once it’s fashioned

can cinch

squeeze in

constrict the strips

transect the tracts

you must recall

some other ends to which

stiff old school belts were taken

 

you’ve heard the tale, of the sorry young soul

fallen heedlessly, hauled up to safety

by kind stranger’s belt, held out in charity

for years to follow, the rescue celebrated

the hero lauded, the great grand saviour

the other unnamed, forgotten lost in the plot

 

 

i’m just saying

belts comes with their buckle