Short Hatless Poems

One dark evening, Hat-less Hattie,
Took a walk with her cattie.
She didn’t see the thing fly down;
Bat attached itself to her crown; 
Hat-less Hattie’s locks are now Matty!
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I hate being me
hate feeling like me
hate looking like me
hate smelling the me
hate being in this body.

I hate the world
hate the people
hate everything.

I hate you
hate him
hate everyone
but I love You and Him....

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The Walk 

Long hot desert
Empty of people
Not even a camel in sight
He clutched a euro coin
In his sweaty palm
He was left handed 
 Wanted to buy 
A glass of beer
Hatless he fainted
Belly up
 Awoke at sun-down
 A date palm
Clutching a coin...

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Big Hat Envy 

Wish I could wear a
Big jaunty hat, 
But haven’t the head For it 
And that is that!

Head’s too small
And I sure ain’t tall
Little short legs
Big schnozle and all

So I’ll go through life hatless
Accept what I am
Otherwise I end up looking
…Like Yosemite Sam...
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This Grand Opening
I attended: Scene
McDonald’s, Moscow,
Queue extended over
Under Pushkin Square
(Some saw the poet’s
Spirit rise and sniff
The air).  No
Royalty to cut
The ribbon, courtesy
Of Comrade Lenin,
Just some shivering,
Hatless Business Guys
With Cheeseburger Eyes,
Cutting Communism down
To size with French Fries,
Beating back
The Russian Winter
With Hot Apple Pies....

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