Red Petticoats

[Cita]

"The reason I married him," she said, "is because he lets me wear my red petticoat."

She didn't even say it to me; I heard it from someone else, but I know her penchant for wearing red petticoats and other bizarre outfits, so I smiled.

And I kept the memory with me... even as I longed for someone in my life who would "let me wear my red petticoat."

Finally, tired of shape-shifting, I made vows to me and set out anew.

As I met each new person along the road, I put feathers in my hair, picked the olives out of the salad, chased pink horned toads, talked in my sleep, packed my suitcase a week advance, sat cross-legged in the seat of the pickup, asked too many questions.

I wore my red petticoats and they peaked out from beneath my skin.

[Mike Handley]

Superb. We are who we are, warts (or the much better "petticoats") and all, unique as the stripes on watermelons.

[Cita]

YEAH for the comments!  Thank you for getting it, thank you for reading, and thank you for sharing some of your red petticoats.  Joey, you and I would get along just fine.  I like A1 on just about anything.  

[Toby Tucker Hecht]

If you can't find someone who loves your red petticoat, it's better to be alone.  If you do find someone, celebrate the find.  But the best is if you both have different petticoats and you love each other's.

[Joey Delgado]

Great six! My red petticoat equivalents, a slightly unhealthy Stevie Nicks obsession and A1 sauce on my Kraft Mac & Cheese. Deal with it. #4 is my favorite. :) Well done.

[Angela]

What a fantastic 6th.

I think someone hid mine.

[Teresa]

Red petticoats rule.  I put mine up high in a dark closet about a decade ago.  I've been wearing them again.  It's funny how much better they fit.  Great six.

[Bill Floyd]

OK, this is a return to form for you.  Top notch.  We all want someone to love us for our quirks, because they're what makes us unique.  Sentence 5 really sings--keep asking too many questions.

[Cita]

Gita, we all want to be loved in spite of or particularly FOR our red petticoats. And I think gender has nothing to do with it.

[Simon Halliday]

I like this because it seems well written and it leaves behind a trail of question marks. But I have no idea what it means. What is the context ? Or is this magical realism and just is ?

[Gita]

I want a love who thinks my wild and curly hair is beautiful.   But, ya know, people in hell want water!

I love your six. Do you think every woman has a secret red petticoat equivalent?