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The Liberation Dress

By rights I should hate you,
I’ve taken against far more
innocuous objects for less,
but you have something about you-
something that shields you from
my pettiness, from the lingering
power of negative associations,
we’ve been together a long time,
you and I,
you were with me before him,
and you remain with me still,
you continue to suit me
long after he stopped,
remaining a good fit despite
my constantly changing self,
together we outlasted him…