Bay Street-Wear Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Bay street-wear

Dark suit and lighter shirt
tie’s glaze
this is Bay’s dress code.

And women three-piece
mid skirt around knees
hair made-up, straight
with the face

In the bags lunch boxes
poor to match the income

These people can be named:
Percussions
Empty their drums

Practiced are voices and the pens
with keyboards

That is all

Don’t be fooled by the suits
Nice dress.
The money ends elsewhere.

Well-dressed is bridge and slave.