Hemming Pants

most pants don’t fit
real people, with their short
legs or long legs, rear ends that
are too flat, too round,
too big, mostly not too small
in this country of Big Gulps,
Big Macs and Fried Apple Pies.
She takes the pants she bought
for her birthday in January
upstairs to her sewing room,
where she turned them inside
out, pinning each leg in turn,
cutting unnecessary length.
It took three months to hem
her beautiful birthday pants
which she models for herself
in her full length mirror,
enjoying the perfect length.

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