We're Going To The Market, We're Going To The Fair, To See The Senorita With Flowers In Her Hair

Who do we dress to impress
You, that's who!

Wear the clothes you want
Splash on the colors you desire
Let the fabric do the talking
Just be sure it doesn't make you perspire

Stop caring what other people think
Who cares if they make fun of you
They just plain stink!

Go ahead, wear that pretty red bohemian dress
Match it with a dupatta
That makes your shoulders feel loved and caressed

Go ahead, wear those dangling earing
Who cares if strangers
Stop with they are doing and
Give into leering

You wanna wear lip gloss
Under your COVID mask
Go ahead, don't tell, don't ask

Make your presence be known
Remember, you cannot shine
If you are not shown

Doesn't matter if there is one person
Or twenty
You are the only person to impress
And that is plenty

Apply that foundation
Sharpen that liner
You make the clothes
And you get finer and refiner

Claim your space
It is your right
It is something you
Must work for and fight!

Did someone laugh
Maybe they passed gas

Did someone give you weird stares
Who cares

Only you can be you

You can never depend on
Anyone to lavish you
With love, gifts and joy
You must manufacture your
Own-self love

And you cannot help but be
The object of desire for
Every man who has dreamt of
You ever since he was a boy!



Someone's painting from Dari, the senorita with flowers in her hair. by Donoctavio on DeviantArt