Saturday, April 15, 2023

If the Hat Fits.....



If a hat makes the man

and a bonnet the woman,

make mine the beige knitted cap with visor

that i wore in the 80's,

tucking my long hair into it

to hide the dissarray.

I removed it once at the hairdresser's

saying "my hair....needs help",

wild locks falling every which way,

and the girl cracked up.

The cap disappeared suddenly. I mourned.

The kids told me later they threw it up

on top of the shed because

it embarrassed them. (I had to find

other ways.) That cap.....those years.....

my kids still young and laughing.....

I found a hat just like it in old age.

I never wore it.

Its time had passed.


For The Sunday Muse

12 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous Sherry as I am sure your hair was and still is....all those lovely curls! Wild wonderful hair for a wild heart and wild poet & woman! Time does change our perspective on what we see and what we want for sure. The hat was never truly needed. (in my opinion) :)

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  2. I love this story of a hat, and all that it says about the woman who wore it, then didn't. Excellent.

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  3. Our tastes change to fit our ages. And with our wisdom acquired. Your writer's seems to be doing fine.
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  4. Ha...good for you....bet it wasn't too hard to find other ways to embarrass them LOL....love this poem....I am going to find a hat for you....you have inspired my next poem !

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  5. Hair and headgear seems like a private individual decision, until life forces us to notice the outside influences on it.

    Of knitted hats Anna Zilboorg observed,
    "People will put anything on their heads." LOL. Her hat pattern book contains some nice plain classic styles and some that clearly show inspiration by Dr. Seuss. I think, if someone had lost a hat for me, I'd knit and wear one of the Seuss-influenced hats.

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  6. A time for ..... this poem is timeless, ageless .... my story as well, on more than a few levels. Wonderful.

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  7. Love this so full of energy 🙌👒

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  8. What a great hat story told in your poem. Happy Sunday. Thanks for dropping by my blog

    Much💖love

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  9. I love the image of that hat, and also the acceptance that the time can never be lived over again, Sherry!

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  10. My new favorite!! O that hat, those wild locks!

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  11. I love this story! And you sum it up with a moment of "that was then this is now" as we all can relate to having those, too.

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  12. Ha, I love the story of your cap, Sherry, the one that you wore that embarrassed your kids. I found myself wondering just what that hat looked like exactly!

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