The three genders: women, men, consumerism
Gifts for her: delicate pretty
dainty charming girly
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But she uses it to shave her legs
then deliberately combs up
her foot, severing
the ornamental anklet.
Tiny silver links catch
against titanium like gravel-jangle
in Sunday’s motor mower. Later
he uses the razor to prune his
underarms, the anklet’s trinkets
replace his pit hair and he looks
like Christmas: globes suspended
weighty and glinting. Winking
she says, you look good. Dazzled
he says, I feel golden.