In the freedom
of the woods
An aging eccentric
effaced by time
in black leather
Wears his Perfecto®
without explanation
for the night in it
Condensing his lines
without the necessity
of making sense
As if the dark language of love
were still in use
and native speakers
Took notice when even the owls
went silent.
—The Schott Perfecto® is an iconic American motorcycle jacket banned for a time in the fifties as a symbol of rebelliousness, still made today in the USA, and displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as important to American fashion.
