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