Too Texan for the tux
Too proud to wear it with boots
With gray-white hair that doesn’t mark age, but wisdom
A man would never dye it
With him “What you see is what you get”
Or rather “What you see is what he shows you”
You could see this hair wearing a ten gallon hat
but that would be too boastful
Give him a fishing cap, a golf cap
this is a man made for outdoors
Give him an Air Force pilot’s helmet
ready to serve
Better yet, give him a dealer’s visor
and anti up
But the hat comes off in the house
No roles are as important as the ones that don’t come with hats
So he wears his tuxedo without a hat, impeccably
with studs and cufflinks
The bow tie is real of course
not a clip-on
Hem length?
Perfect
Shoes?
Immaculate
Jacket?
Buttoned while standing, open when sitting,
And I’ve never once seen him button or unbutton it
He stands straight
his bones are steel shafts
He stands tall
a foot taller than he really is
Looks ten pounds thinner
but is really twenty pounds heavier
And is always in a black tuxedo
Which is very strange since I’ve never actually seen him in a tux