Jason Lee Embraces His Inner Dorkiness

Jason Lee Embraces His Inner Dorkiness

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Jason Lee was a dork of a man
Born without the fashion gene
Born without a fashion clue
Did not understand fashion.

In his mind, the best male fashion was
the Northwest grunge look
Well-worn khaki, plaid Pendleton shirt
boots, and perhaps a bolo tie.

He often thought
The irony of his life
Was that he married a fashionista
Proving that opposites do indeed attract.

His wife, Maria Lee tried
repeatedly to change his fashion sense,
Tried to make him look nice
Taught him basic color coordination.

He resisted but over time
He gradually become
A bit more fashioned aware
Even spent years wearing a suit and tie.

She threw out his horrid ties
Which made him angry
He loved his garish bugs bunny ties.

One day he realized
It was “ national evaluation your life day””
And it was time to make a big decision

They would move to Southern Oregon
from the halls of power in DC,

And he would embrace his inner dorkiness
And never he would never wear a suit again,
Going back to the Oregon lumberjack look
Khaki or Jeans, boots or sneakers, plaid Pendleton shirt.
complete with a scraggly beard.

She merely smiled at him,
Finally resigned herself
to her fate as the wife of a dorky man
who would always
be a walking fashion violation.


NEW PROMPT: Tomorrow, October 19, is Dress Like a Dork Day. It is also Evaluate Your Life Day. Find a way to use both of these themes in your story or poem; one of your genres must be Fashion.