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In order to walk in the Valley/And not be burnt crispy like bacon/You can stride and be bold/Where it’s Climate Controlled/And keep track of the steps you have taken

The Mall where they sell youth and tally-/Ho Lasses and Lads Game’s Afoot/Expressing your passion/With high crimes of fashion/And studies in vellum and soot

The Mall where the old are invisible/Or extras like Gramps One and Two/Where hypervitality’s/No abnormality/But greyheads are chimps in a zoo

Yet I do my Mall Walk and rally/My spirit to Dignified-Stately/And no one to vex if/I slip out the exit/And win introversion innately

Afterword: The phenomenon of the Shopping Mall seems to be on the wane, but Scottsdale Fashion Square, where I do my mall walking, it being easy for me to reach via public transportation, still seems to be bustling. But I do sometimes feel like the answer to “What’s Wrong with This Picture?” when I go there. With my Goodwill clothing and old-age countenance I am literally unfashionable.

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I don’t know much about fashion, so I wonder how different my image would be if I did. I would love to hear from fashionistas about this one. Is it true, for instance, as I imply in the last line, that Halston and Dior are dated and/or obsolete? I just don’t know.

As for the clothing I drew, I wasn’t using any photo sources, so it’s all out of my head. The young woman with her back to us in full embrace is wearing my version of capri pants. The runway type in the middle is wearing a slit-thigh dress that is probably backless to boot; that’s the way (uh huh, uh huh) I like ’em. The fencers are wearing functional clothing; they’re fencing, not fashionizing. (And the embracers are passionizing; I just like capri pants.)

Here are the words to the triple acrostic:

Parting’s sweet, sorrowful dustup’s like talc
And it’s oft Tearful be you guy or gal
Slip on your soft shoes to slide to a salsa
Sex ups the salesmanship though it be crass
Iridesced I N D I G O gives it some dash
Overstocked, undersold fates are in store
Now for old Halston and older-yet Dior