A woman is a magazine.
A magazine is why most women are horrors.
We all know the beautiful girl is mean
And the one who dresses best is the young teen
In thrown-together combinations wild,
But selling your soul to Conde Nast
Kills your soul pretty fast.
I didn’t know anything in the world
Until I realized she was a Town and Country girl.
A simple blouse and skirt, the center of her casual pride,
Prada bag, leather sandals, pretty watch, wealthy and dignified
The essence of her, the real her inside.
She sized me up as a careless, earnest, poet without style
Who—protected by her Town & Country brand—she could dally with for awhile.
Town & Country is a dual symbol—not two-faced, exactly,
But she liked its implication of social flexibility.
Something in my temples and neck she found vaguely aristocratic.
When I wore blue shirts bringing out my blue eyes,
She knew Town & Country had made her, a poor wall flower, pretty damn okay
By making her pleasant, without having too much to say.
With her love of nature, and her Yves Saint Laurent perfume,
I forgot my learning when she came into the room.
It quickly became a contest, which she knew she could win:
Tortured wordiness versus sweet, casual, Town & Country grin.
I read everything. Even Rolling Stone. My sense of taste was vile.
Town & Country was all she needed to enjoy me for awhile.
