Real Man

Did a Man ever wear a corset?

Was there a Man that wanted to be shaped into beauty?

I wonder if a Man in the distant past,

 wore a corset.

Not for costume,

Not for laughs,

But for necessity.

Did He wear a corset for real,

Did He wear a corset to feel,

Presentable.

Did He wear a corset to,

Compensate.

Wear a corset to feel:

Beautiful.

I wonder if that Man asked His,

 Comfortably dressed wife to

lace it up for Him.

Would she pull the strings around his waist?

I wonder if she pulled,

And pulled

And pulled

Until His skin was purple and

His waist, small.

Did He wear the corset to feel?

 Feel:

His waist mangled into affection,

Or His flesh cut into acceptance,

Or His bones crushing into perfection.

And I wonder if that made Him feel like a

Real man.