Roxanne Ocasio

We Should Have A Naked Day

Crisp Oxford button-downs
With blue and green plaid skirts
Identical to the pattern on the ties the boys
Have to wear – how we hate it –
And yet we have no choice. The bane
Of our existence – elastic waistband
Khaki pants or the long white kneesocks
That hide our legs and keep the boys
>From sinning – if only there was a way
Out of it. They tell us that the uniform
Will make us all equal, but it doesn’t. We still
Look at each other and see a lot of
Money, or a high GPA, and that’s all that
Matters around here. But maybe if
We did away with the whole idea of being the same
We could be equal,
Naked.