LBD

While haphazard music

embellishes

the background,

women without a man

wear their best butterfly gaze and lashes,

and try to rise above

the background.

The men are

proud and strong.

They have had women they

personally hunted for

breakfast,

lunch and dinner.

The women are

remnants of

men’s meals.

Defeated and old,

their pride held together by

a tired smear

of lipstick

and a tiny black dress.