This rust -

Colored handwoven cravat, I trust,

Will protect my shirt-bust

From dust.

An Indian handian wovian all wool one

Couldn't ever fool one.

I know a little something about cravats,

Also about belts and hats,

And I think this tie is a lulu

Whether made by an Aztec or a Zulu

Or a Navajo or even an Episcopalean,

Or some non-Massachusetts alien.

But as I was saying at fust,

A color in ties I like is rust.

I will never refer in disgust

To this necktie, never be non-plussed

When admirers of it combust,

But will simply re-adjust

Its genuine handwoven Arizona robust

Folds and threads of desert rust,

Sand-colored, and thrust

Through with southwestern stardust.

But now I just

From my very bust

Thank you for this necktie, rust..