The Leather Pants
By Jennifer Brown Banks
Soft,
And shapely packed
In midnight black,
Stopped you
In your tracks,
Subtle
With great impact,
The kind that
Turns heads back,
Stacked
As I crossed your path,
You smiled,
Impressed
We talked awhile,
Clever,
Leather,
Well put together,
More than a fashion statement,
More like a mission statement,
Purposed to make you wonder,
The feel
Of my thunder…
Jennifer Brown Banks is the founder and president of Poets United to Advance the Arts, a community-based arts organization in Illinois. Over the years, she has maintained an array of creative roles—poet, editor, entrepreneur, instructor, freelance writer, award-winning blogger, and branding expert (to name a few). Jennifer’s award-winning poetry has been featured in numerous print and online publications which include: Poetic Voices, Chicken Bones, Being Single Magazine, Rolling Out, and Curbside Splendor. Her work has been featured in numerous anthologies as well. Banks is the author of five books of verse on life, love, and lessons in between. She is a contributing author to The Ultimate Freelancer’s Guidebook, published by Adams Media, 2016. “The Leather Pants” is excerpted from her book: The Leather Pants and Other Provocative Pieces.
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