MY SEVENTEEN HATS

The hats I have I so enjoy,

The vice I have that I employ.

I collect the hats and caps I find

And friends so gratefully lend.

I have a hat for every occasion.

Thereʼs a hat Sam Snead would need.

Itʼs wool and elegant indeed.

Thereʼs a brown hat for casual

And thereʼs a black hat with initial.

Thereʼs a blue hat with dragon

Which roars at passersby

When it catches their eye.

My hats take an entire shelf

And I keep them all for myself.

Thereʼs the hat with names of friends

Which I received from Jeff,

And thereʼs the checkered hat

That came from Aaron.

Without my hats my head

Would be so bald and barren.

Don Knipschield

7/7/2008