Suits

The mountain dressed for a room it does not have. Mud is still winning at the edges.

COSTUME

Ridiculous smart. A suit, a dress, a tie that is doing too much.

A pocket square the color of the fire. Cufflinks if you have them, buttons if you do not.

White cloth on the long table. The pumpkins are polished, which is absurd, and works.

The mountain dressed for a room it does not have. Mud is still winning at the edges.

Canapés that survive a glove, and a roast that does not care about your lapel.

Sparkling apple in a short glass, served as if it were a ceremony.

A trio trying to be a ballroom and slipping into a reel.

Best knot, worst knot, and a prize that is just applause.

Formal for an hour. Then someone sits on a pumpkin and the hour ends.

Ties loosen. The fire looks better in tailoring.

OF THIS OCTOBER

Owen in a borrowed jacket. Priya’s dress has a hiking boot under it. Of this October.

EVENTS

A FRAME, IF YOU WANT ONE

You absurdly well dressed beside a mountain bonfire, pocket square the color of the flame, pumpkins polished, cinematic, no text.

STALL

Unnecessary tie

Silk-feeling, slightly too long. The joke and the costume.