Ersatz Virtue
When I slipped on my work jeans
the other morning to do some leafing
and taping and sanding to finish off
the rest of our garage, my right foot got
caught in the frayed tear of the worn
knee and ripped a bigger hole, making
my jeans look more like the fashionable
denims that are distressed and fatigued
at designer jean factories to imbue them
with ersatz virtue that can only be earned
by genuine effort and honest labor, and
which sell for ten times more than what I
paid for my old reliable blue jeans that I
distressed and fatigued working my trade
of drywall taping and painting old and
new homes here in Tiny Beaches, in
beautiful Georgian Bay, Ontario.
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