Well Worn from ALIENATHAN by Nathan Evans

Trying to find a boyfriend
is like trying to buy new jeans—
no matter how good they seem
there’s always something wrong with them.

This one’s too grey,
this one’s too green,
this one’s too dirty,
this one’s to clean,
this one’s too wide,
this one’s too thin,
this one’s too neat and
this too frayed at the seams.

I’ve had a drink,
there’s not much light—
I walk along the rail,
I think that one’s alright.
I pick him out,
I try him on—
he seems to fit,
I take him home.

And in the morning
he’s rumpled on the floor
and I think maybe
he should go back to the store
but men are like jeans—
if, at first, they don’t quite fit
the more you wear them
the more comfortable they get.

• ClassicalMusic
• Electronic
• Experimental
• electronica
• indiepop
• London