Little Black Dress

Before making light,

God cut

a piece

out of the charcoal night.

held it

in one hand

and waited.

When the sun

had grown

white hot,

God shook the 

dark form,

and beheld:

the little

black dress.

Then God 

looked about

for tan shoulders

on which to

perfectly drape it.

The rest

is herstory.

For Ingrid Michaelson

Copyright 2009/TW McDermott