She wore a tiffany hat with a bow and six big plumes of red and white,
it had an ultra wide asymmetrical brim that rolled up to one side.
When it came to dames like this I believe God ran out of humble stock !
She wore pompadour shoes, like she had nothing to lose
and rouge so red it made the cardinals have fainting spells !
Her hair was soaked in henna, elderberry & radish extract,
and I believe her dress was stitched in the boudoir of coco-channel!
She was a nouveau riche reveling in her new found fame
and everything in her life was right as rain until that fatal day,
when her hat expanded 10 x its size, growing past her shoulders
like a great big beast, of leavened yeast!
Her hat pins strained from the strain of those great big plumes,
moaning and groaning from her lithe walk and all that perfume !
Then First World War arrived and suddenly it was unpatriotic
to be concerned with one's appearance !
She was no Rockefeller and didn't own a rupee nor a heller,
so she became a steadfast loyal dame, like dear old Helen Keller .
What happened to that big old hat, with the plumes of red and white ?
She stewed it, brewed it, boiled it down then poured it in a flask,
and yes she drank it slowly,... just in case you thought to ask !
THE END WAS ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED AND THIS WORK FROM START TO FINISH WAS GREAT! THANKS, MYSTIC AND, YES...I DID LAUGH! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.
I thoroughly enjoyed the extravagance and humor you put into this poem with a great rhyme as well… Kudos!
But I have seen hats like that. The kind that birds would find nice to nest in. Of all places but the Black church. Where women have little going for them with their menial jobs and absent husbands except to dress up on Sunday and challenge one another with the most outrageous hats you'll ever see, anywhere.
This humorous and imaginative poem full of wit and clear imagery of the extravagant dame and her legendary hat. A fine social commentary if there ever was one.
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But I have seen hats like that. The kind that birds would find nice to nest in. Of all places but the Black church. Where women have little going for them with their menial jobs and absent husbands except to dress up on Sunday and challenge one another with the most outrageous hats you'll ever see, anywhere.
Ron