A liberating wardrobe

She ate and drank the luscious treats--
Restraint had taken flight--
She knew that she was far from slim
And that her clothes were tight--

She bought some caftans, shawls, and capes
And now her spirit sings
Despite her girth--What liberty
A loosened wardrobe brings —

— Felicia Nimue Ackerman (a Providence poet and philosophy professor)