Hat's Off

Short, Image Driven Poem, Romantic Interlude

 

Hats Off

            by

            Jessica Gleason

 

 

I have hidden the hat

            that you always wear

to cover your obscene ears,

            and that you are most

            likely searching for,

                        Right now.

 

Forgive me.

I’m sorry if you’re mad and at home screaming obscenities.

 

I regret what I have done…

It was just so inviting

            lying there, as gravity so demands, on

            the square green bed in your room

                                    and

you were sleeping so soundly

            --I just couldn’t resist

creeping on tiptoe and biting my lip

as I snuck into your room with

machine-like grace and un-silent stealth

to pilfer your knit cap.

 

But I have been

            smug and self-satisfied

            all day with my

            very own secret smile

shattering my once solemn face

because I know your hat is nestled

in the upside-down cone shade

of your living room lamp.

 

So, perhaps I am

Not as sorry as I

Pretended to be.

Reviews

[Michael X]

mischievous, humorous, nicely designed, feels real, as if it really happened?
I really like the way you weaved the words together, Nicely done.