I wore your V-neck sweater
underneath my red rain dress.
I wore your knee-length socks,
the worm elastic snapped back.
I wore a hat I think was yours,
a folded newspaper captain's crew.
I wore a combed-out moustache,
saluting all night, I curtsied.
What I wore you took off,
threads, stitches, the tag we ripped out.
I held a match to your face.
What things we wear, how hot it is.