Little Black Dress

Will anyone buy
this little black number, I wonder?

Maybe someone will go
to the work do in it

or stand by a wall in it,
a wallflower hugging a drink,

watching others dance and kiss
and wondering why

it is they have to miss
out on all the fun.

But, better still,
I suggest its wearer will

burst into the room, the life and soul,
and everyone, absolutely everyone,

will feel a thrill at the verve and swirl
of the girl

(the Ms the Mrs the Miss)
in the little black dress.