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For this, first we do some definitions:

Good old Merriam-Webster, my favorite shade-throwing dictionary of the times, says:

Definition of sprezzatura
: studied nonchalance : graceful conduct or performance without apparent effort

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Okay, I can work with this... suurrrrre..... was my first line of thought. Then, I came across the fact that it is also used, specifically, in fashion. This article says, "There’s a rarified group of people who always look put together without looking like they’ve spent the whole day in front of a mirror. Italians call this blessed quality sprezzatura, a kind of “studied carelessness,” “careful negligence,” “effortless ease,”—or in Beyonce-ism, #IWokeUpLikeThis." (https://qz.com/937090/sprezzatura-the-italian-word-for-looking-effortless/)

And, there I had my topic, my poem:

			sprezzatura


so many times i’ve thought about how i dress
living through the fashion faux pas of the 80’s
i embraced the grunge of the 90’s 
because tee shirts, jeans, flannels, and docs
	make life so much easier
	and morning so much quicker

the look is effortless
	almost all of it interchangeable
	it almost always fits the way i bought it to
	almost always helps me blend into the background
					
i’ve never really understand fashion
	the fits of clothes that make it so i can’t breathe
	the shoes that try to make me taller than my 5 foot 2
		that really only land me on my ass because balance isn’t my strength
	the prices that grace the runways that could feed a small nation
	the obnoxious and ridiculous lack of pockets

I’ve held onto this style for almost thirty years now
	effortless
		grab a shirt
		grab some jeans
			i plan to go gently into my good days and nights
			wearing comfortable clothes and sneakers
				a flannel tied around my waist
				with a million earrings glinting in the streetlights
					telling of my survival

effortless
	i have arrived