Extra Buttons

While tucking in my shirttail
I noticed some extra buttons
So I tried to button them
Thinking that they had not been reconciled
To their buttonness,
But there were no buttonholes
Available for them,

So, starting at the bottom and working up,
I buttoned them randomly
To existing buttonholes,
Checking out the new pattern in the mirror,
To decide if this could be
A new fashion statement
Like baggy pants,

I pulled the small ones as high as I could,
Buttoning shirttail to collar,
Then walked back out
To my office cubicle,
Taking my time,
Flaunting my new button chic,
Revelling in my button freedom
And marvelling at my good fortune
Of having extra buttons.