We use our champagne glasses
for our pop, our juice and milk.
We cover our dog's bedding
with ''dry clean only'' silk.
We fix our favorite dinners
with the best we can afford.
So what if we eat pot-pies
on china plates you've stored.
What good are all the fancy things
if they are never used?
I like to say my stuff's 'broke-in'
(you might call it 'abused') .
My antique gravy boat makes the
perfect pencil case.
Somehow the crystal vases
seem a little out of place.
Paper plates and china...
they both attend our meals.
We like to use our fancy things
to know just how it feels.
Why wait until you make it big?
You might not see tomorrow.
If you run low on crystalware
we've got some you could borrow!
Mary Nagy
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-re-just-fancy-like-that/
