Cast

This afternoon I shoved my ballot in the box. And what an ugly box it is. Perhaps that's why I take such care with how I dress on election day. It's certainly not a day to wear black, not that I wear much black anymore. It no longer works. Looks like hell against my aging skin. No, today called for something much softer. Today I chose my favourite jeans and my favourite jean jacket with my favourite sweater underneath. Around my neck was my favourite scarf and on my feet my favourite shoes. As I stood behind the line, waiting to make my X, I felt pretty good about the way things look. I still do.