Old Hat: A Poem

A Man's best friend

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Old Hat

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Ten years old hat, you’ve served me well,
In good times, and in bad,
And though your crown and peaked brim swell,
And the weave is worn like hell,
I will not weep, nor feel sad—
What triumph we together had.

With table winnings you I bought,
In those my rookie days,
Slack bills from back-…