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Enough

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Mine is more
than just penny loafers,
and knee socks.

It's buckskin leggin's,
moose hair moccasins,
face paint, hair beads,

the loyal uniform
of South Carolina,
yellow captain's patch
and Yankee doodle.

It's muslin skirts
and lace up boots,
under soiled aprons
and a fresh batch
of determination.

It's dungarees,
sweat on the brow,
dirt under rough
nails and plow
of the pioneer spirit,

fueled by raw hell-fire
circuit preachers
with their backward collars,
and the keen eyes

of Hoosier surveyors
and photographers,
shaded with kerchief ties
and straw hats;

and it's enough.
Mine is a wardrobe
of America.

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willow, 2009

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