& when my princess grew too spacious
to fit the Goodwill gown I purchased,
we turned it into a sun dress. Once the
straps began to strangle my sweet-pea
we made it a sweetheart, hit puberty
a halter top, hit her head on the ceiling
a cropped top. Whenever she outgrew
the house she stopped sporting her
charmeuse as a scarf & wore it instead
as a hijab, which are both fine by me
since neither is a bikini. When her veil
began to choke her face we made it
into a headband, & when that failed a
scrunchie, to keep her ponytail in place.