Sonnet to My Straw Hat

                               (contributed by the Office Boy)

How glad I am to see my hat once more,

     Although I wrote the same a year ago,

     And it ain’t new no more, and looks as though

It had seen better days, the one I wore

All winter long and spring looks more than sore.

     The change in fashion comes all right for me

     ‘Cause when I have to buy a new one, see,

It’s time to bring last season’s to the fore.

Gee! But I’ll have to have it blocked, I guess,

     And whitened up a bit; I never thunk

     It looked so awful much upon the punk,

Which means half a dollar more or less.

     But that ain’t very much if one can reach

     A passable impression at the beach.

May 15, ‘09