CELEBRATE IN SEQUINS (unless you’re a spy, or a robber on the run!)

photograph, Olivia Bossert

Why blend in when you can sparkle?

–            unless of course you’re a spy,

an undercover hush-hush,

or a robber on the run.

If so, then yes –

best be bland as a sad sock.

Otherwise, celebrate in sequins.

Reveal

your wonky,

your wonderful,

your what-the-actual-fuck!

Shine like a rainbow

in a rabid sky.

Be gleam and glimmer,

caprice and joy.

Sashay your swashbuckle

in fanciful feathers,

but embroider your cape of kindness

with empathy,

                                    generosity,

                                                                        compassion.

Show the world

the wonder that you are.