Why should I buy a dinner jacket? The old one's good enough for me; I cannot see why I should sack it, It fits me still, you must agree. My figure still is—almost—slender The way it was at twenty-three; That coat may lack its pristine splendor But it is good enough for me. It may not have each pleat and placket That present fashion may decree, But gosh, it's still a dinner jacket And plenty good enough for me! Yes, yes, I'll roll it up and pack it With my old junk. But I can't see Why I should buy a dinner jacket, The old one did all right for me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FOREFATHER by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE BRIDGE: PROEM. TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE by HAROLD HART CRANE SONNET: ON A FAMILY PICTURE by THOMAS EDWARDS THE PLUMPUPPETS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY IMITATION OF CHAUCER by ALEXANDER POPE SONNETS ON PICTURES: MARY MAGDALEN AT THE DOOR OF SIMON THE PHARISEE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |