Her Favorite Bonnet
HER FAVORITE BONNET
Wife loved her black-and-white bonnet
With a sort of bow at the back.
Believe me I’m no expert on it
But it was awful - most of it was black
And it looked horribly like a tail, long and slack.
She asked me how it seems.
I lied and said very picturesque,
Especially the hand-sewn seams -
Makes you look statuesque,
Maybe even Junoesque
I didn’t want to hurt her with my real thought
(From some angles it was dalamatian-esque)
Though I suppose I really ought
(from others it was more zebra-esque ;
And the hanging tail looked skunk-esque).
Went to get something pretty to suit her, to give her.
Bought a big green-and-purple thing on sale;
And the other hat I dropped in the river.
She said but it’s not black and white - it’s pale;
And where’s me favourite bit, its tail?!
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2011
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