Fashion Felony

Years ago it was September And I atop the ruling class. Oh, distinctly I remember How I forced the bills to pass.

The cummerbund always impressed The girls who like them fatty. Always dressed in suits well-pressed I was the epitome of natty.

But quick to rise is quick to fall And I'd risen fast indeed Once I thought I'd grasped it all And now smashed here I bleed.

Dressed in white or gold or silk Always impeccably adjusted, I mingled with those of my ilk Until I was finally busted.

Oh, long ago, that was the crime That landed me in this box Ninety years I'm doing time For once wearing purple socks.

_Scr._