her spangly new tights
couldn’t ferret away
certain unpleasant traits

i won’t say which

gentlemen such as i
post-colonially proper in
our studied expression of values victorian
do not stoop to wanton expositions
of the embarrassing faults
of members of the fairer sex

no matter how dark they be
or how niggardly
or how asinine

minos – jan 2012